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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to continuing judicial training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 56.006, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: |
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(c) The court of criminal appeals may not adopt rules that |
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require judges to complete continuing judicial training more |
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frequently than every two years. |
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(d) In adopting rules on continuing judicial training, the |
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court of criminal appeals must adopt rules that require: |
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(1) a judge to complete continuing judicial training |
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in an even-numbered year; and |
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(2) the training to include a legislative update of |
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the preceding legislative session on laws enacted or amended that |
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affect the judiciary. |
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(e) The court of criminal appeals may not approve an |
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organization to sponsor continuing judicial training for judges in |
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this state unless the organization at a minimum provides training |
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to municipal, county court, statutory county court, and district |
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judges. This subsection does not prohibit the organization from |
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providing training courses on topics specific to the judges of |
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certain courts. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2011, the court of |
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criminal appeals shall adopt the rules required by Section 56.006, |
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Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 56.006, Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, a judge is not required to comply with the |
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continuing judicial training requirements of that section and rules |
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adopted under that section until the year beginning January 1, |
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2012. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |