79R12967 KLA-D


By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 2531

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2531:                                   

By:  Chavez                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 2531



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the local administrative judge for the El Paso Council 
of Judges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 75.014, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  A district judge in El Paso County or a judge of a 
statutory county court in El Paso County may serve as the local 
administrative judge for the council of judges.  The council of 
judges shall elect a judge as local administrative judge for a term 
of not more than two years.  The local administrative judge may not 
be elected on the basis of rotation or seniority.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.