Amend Amendment No. 7 by Murr to CSHB 19 as follows:
(1) Strike item (1) and substitute the following:
(1) On page 11, strike lines 14 through 24 and substitute the following for added Section 25A.009, Government Code, reletter the remaining subsections of that section, and update any cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
Sec. 24A.009. ELECTION OF JUDGES; PRESIDING JUDGE; EXCHANGE OF BENCHES. (a) The qualified voters in the geographic boundaries of each business court division shall elect a judge to serve for that division.
(b) Not later than the seventh day after the first day of a term, the business court judges by majority vote shall select a judge of the court to serve as administrative presiding judge for the duration of the term. If a vacancy occurs in the position of administrative presiding judge, the remaining business court judges shall select a judge of the court to serve as administrative presiding judge for the remainder of the unexpired term as soon as practicable.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered items to the amendment:
(____) On page 10, line 27, strike "appointed" and substitute "elected".
(____) On page 11, line 1, strike "appointment" and substitute "the beginning of the judge's term".
(____) On page 12, strike lines 1 through 5.
(____) On page 14, lines 21 and 27, strike "appointed" and substitute "elected".
(____) On page 19, line 4, strike "(a)".
(____) On page 19, strike lines 8 through 13.
(____) Strike SECTION 6 of the bill (page 19, lines 16 through 23), and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.