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Amend CSHB 2120 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION and renumbering the following SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 25.1032, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
	(m)  If the judge of a county civil court at law in Harris 
County is disqualified or recused from a case pending before the 
court, the judge of another county civil court at law in Harris 
County shall be assigned to sit for the regular judge and hear the 
case.  If another county civil court judge for Harris County is not 
available or is unable to hear the case because of a 
disqualification or recusal, the presiding judge of the 
administrative judicial region shall appoint as a visting judge:
		(1)  a retired judge who served as the judge for a 
county or district court in Harris County; or
		(2)  if a judge described by Subdivision (1) is not 
available for the assignment, a former, retired, or active judge 
from another county.
	SECTION __.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section 
25.1032, Government Code, apply only to the assignment of a judge 
under that section on or after the effective date of this Act.