By Duncan S.B. No. 265 76R1597 MLS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the temporary assignment of a district court judge to a 1-3 court of appeals. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 22.229 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.229. TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGE TO COURT 1-8 OF APPEALS. (a) The chief justice of a court of appeals may 1-9 assign a district court judge to sit on a court of appeals in which 1-10 the judge's district is located. 1-11 (b) To be eligible for assignment under Subsection (a), a 1-12 judge must: 1-13 (1) meet the qualifications for a justice of a court 1-14 of appeals provided by Section 6, Article V, Texas Constitution; 1-15 and 1-16 (2) be an active judge of a district court. 1-17 (c) A district court judge may not be assigned to a court of 1-18 appeals for more than 20 cases in a year. 1-19 (d) A district court judge assigned to a court of appeals 1-20 under Subsection (a) may not receive additional compensation for 1-21 the judge's service on the court of appeals but is entitled to 1-22 reimbursement of the travel expenses incurred by the judge while 1-23 serving on the court of appeals, as provided in the General 1-24 Appropriations Act. 2-1 (e) A district court judge assigned to a court of appeals 2-2 under Subsection (a) has all the powers of a justice of a court of 2-3 appeals during the district court judge's assignment. 2-4 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-10 passage, and it is so enacted.