77R13341 QS-D                          
         By Lindsay                                             S.B. No. 941
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 941:
         By Thompson                                        C.S.S.B. No. 941
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the eligibility of former or retired statutory probate
 1-3     judges for certain assignments as visiting judges.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 25.0022, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (y) to read as follows:
 1-7           (y)  In addition to the eligibility requirements under
 1-8     Subsection (x), to be eligible for assignment under this section in
 1-9     the judge's county of residence, a former or retired judge of a
1-10     statutory probate court must certify to the presiding judge a
1-11     willingness not to:
1-12                 (1)  appear and plead as an attorney in any court in
1-13     the judge's county of residence for a period of two years; and
1-14                 (2)  accept appointment as a guardian ad litem,
1-15     guardian of the estate of an incapacitated person, or guardian of
1-16     the person of an incapacitated person in any court in the judge's
1-17     county of residence for a period of two years.
1-18           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-19     only to the assignment of a former or retired statutory probate
1-20     judge as a visiting judge on or after the effective date of this
1-21     Act.
1-22           (b)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.