87R15577 TSS-F
 
  By: Jetton H.B. No. 4345
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4345:
 
  By:  Krause C.S.H.B. No. 4345
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties of the State Commission on
  Judicial Conduct.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 33.02105 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.02105.  CANDIDATE FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE. The
  commission may accept complaints, conduct investigations, and take
  any other action authorized by this chapter or Section 1-a, Article
  V, Texas Constitution, with respect to a candidate for judicial
  office who is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 253, Election Code,
  in the same manner the commission is authorized to take those
  actions with respect to a judge.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.