1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to recording information concerning appointment of certain
 1-3     visiting judges.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 25.0018, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 25.0018.  RECORD. (a) When a retired or former judge is
 1-8     appointed as a visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the
 1-9     administrative file [minutes] as a part of the proceedings in the
1-10     cause a record that gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:
1-11                 (1)  the judge of the court was disqualified, absent,
1-12     or disabled to try the cause;
1-13                 (2)  the visiting judge was appointed; and
1-14                 (3)  the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired
1-15     or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly
1-16     administered to the visiting judge and filed with the regional
1-17     presiding judge.
1-18           (b)  "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court
1-19     clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause
1-20     number.
1-21           SECTION 2.  Section 25.00221(e), Government Code, as added by
1-22     Chapter 960, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
1-23     is amended to read as follows:
1-24           (e)  When a retired or former judge is appointed as a
 2-1     visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the administrative file
 2-2     [minutes] as a part of the proceedings in the cause a record that
 2-3     gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:
 2-4                 (1)  the judge of the court was disqualified, absent,
 2-5     or disabled to try the cause;
 2-6                 (2)  the visiting judge was appointed; and
 2-7                 (3)  the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired
 2-8     or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly
 2-9     administered to the visiting judge and filed with the presiding
2-10     judge.
2-11           SECTION 3.  Section 25.00221, Government Code, as added by
2-12     Chapter 960, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
2-13     is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
2-14           (f)  "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court
2-15     clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause
2-16     number.
2-17           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-18           SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
2-19     to the assignment of a retired or former judge made on or after the
2-20     effective date of this Act. An assignment made before the effective
2-21     date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
2-22     assignment was made, and that law is continued in effect for that
2-23     purpose.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 535 was passed by the House on April
         20, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 535 was passed by the Senate on May
         17, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor