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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an objection to the judge assigned in a criminal case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 74.053(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) If a party to a civil or criminal case files a timely |
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objection to the assignment, the judge shall not hear the case. |
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Except as provided by Subsection (d), each party to the case is only |
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entitled to one objection under this section for that case. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the right to object to the assignment of a judge assigned under |
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Chapter 74, Government Code, on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An objection to the assignment of a judge assigned under |
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Chapter 74, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date of assignment, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |