By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2227
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  Relating to the list of retired and former judges subject to
  assignment.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sec. 74.055 (c), Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Each presiding judge shall maintain a list of retired and
  former judges who meet the requirements of this section.
         (b)  The presiding judge shall divide the list into area
  specialties of criminal, civil, or domestic relations cases. A
  retired or former judge may only be assigned to a case in the
  judge's area of specialty.  A judge may qualify for assignment in
  more than one area of specialty.
         (c)  To be eligible to be named on the list, a retired or
  former judge must:
         (1)  have served as an active judge for at least 96 months in a
  district, statutory probate, statutory county, or appellate court,
  constitutional county or justice of the peace.
         SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2023.