By Solis H.B. No. 3176 77R5173 JMC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to eligibility for assignment as a visiting judge. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 74, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 74.063 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 74.063. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT: ELECTED TO 1-7 JUDICIAL OFFICE. A judge or justice is eligible for assignment 1-8 under this chapter or Chapter 75 only if the judge or justice was 1-9 elected to a judicial office at least once before the date of 1-10 assignment. 1-11 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to 1-12 the assignment of a judge or justice under Chapter 74 or 75, 1-13 Government Code, made on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-14 An assignment made before the effective date of this Act is 1-15 governed by the law in effect at the time the assignment is made, 1-16 and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.