1-1 By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 535
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to recording information concerning appointment of certain
1-9 visiting judges.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 25.0018, Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 25.0018. RECORD. (a) When a retired or former judge is
1-14 appointed as a visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the
1-15 administrative file [minutes] as a part of the proceedings in the
1-16 cause a record that gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:
1-17 (1) the judge of the court was disqualified, absent,
1-18 or disabled to try the cause;
1-19 (2) the visiting judge was appointed; and
1-20 (3) the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired
1-21 or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly
1-22 administered to the visiting judge and filed with the regional
1-23 presiding judge.
1-24 (b) "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court
1-25 clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause
1-26 number.
1-27 SECTION 2. Section 25.00221(e), Government Code, as added by
1-28 Chapter 960, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
1-29 is amended to read as follows:
1-30 (e) When a retired or former judge is appointed as a
1-31 visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the administrative file
1-32 [minutes] as a part of the proceedings in the cause a record that
1-33 gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:
1-34 (1) the judge of the court was disqualified, absent,
1-35 or disabled to try the cause;
1-36 (2) the visiting judge was appointed; and
1-37 (3) the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired
1-38 or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly
1-39 administered to the visiting judge and filed with the presiding
1-40 judge.
1-41 SECTION 3. Section 25.00221, Government Code, as added by
1-42 Chapter 960, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
1-43 is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-44 (f) "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court
1-45 clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause
1-46 number.
1-47 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-48 SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-49 to the assignment of a retired or former judge made on or after the
1-50 effective date of this Act. An assignment made before the effective
1-51 date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
1-52 assignment was made, and that law is continued in effect for that
1-53 purpose.
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