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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the information included in the annual report of the |
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State Commission on Judicial Conduct. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.005(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The report must include: |
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(1) an explanation of the role of the commission; |
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(2) annual statistical information for the preceding |
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fiscal year, including: |
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(A) the number of complaints received by the |
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commission alleging judicial misconduct or disability; |
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(B) the number of complaints dismissed without |
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commission action other than investigation because the evidence did |
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not support the allegation or appearance of judicial misconduct or |
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disability; |
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(C) the number of complaints dismissed without |
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commission action other than investigation because the facts |
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alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability; |
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(D) the number of complaints dismissed without |
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commission action other than investigation because the allegation |
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or appearance of judicial misconduct or disability was determined |
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to be unfounded or frivolous; |
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(E) the number of each type of judicial |
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misconduct or disability that resulted in sanction or censure of a |
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judge; and |
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(F) examples of improper judicial conduct; |
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(3) an explanation of the commission's processes; and |
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(4) changes the commission considers necessary in its |
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rules or the applicable statutes or constitutional provisions. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |