TITLE: Relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge.

SUMMARY: Relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 74.055(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) To be eligible to be named on the list, a retired or former judge must: (1) have served as an active judge for:(A) at least 96 months in a district, statutory probate, statutory county, or appellate court; or (B) at least 48 months in a district, statutory county, statutory probate, or appellate court, if the retired or former judge has served as judge of more than two district, statutory county, statutory probate, or appellate courts; (2) have developed substantial experience in the judge's area of specialty; (3) not have been removed from office; (4) certify under oath to the presiding judge, on a form prescribed by the state board of regional judges, that: (A) the judge has never been publicly reprimanded or censured by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct; and (B) the judge: (i) did not resign or retire from office after the State Commission on Judicial Conduct notified the judge of the commencement of a full investigation into an allegation or appearance of misconduct or disability of the judge as provided in Section 33.022 and before the final disposition of that investigation; or (ii) if the judge did resign from office under circumstances described by Subparagraph (i), was not publicly reprimanded or censured as a result of the investigation; (5) annually demonstrate that the judge has completed in the past state fiscal year the educational requirements for active district, statutory probate, and statutory county court judges; and (6) certify to the presiding judge a willingness not to appear and plead as an attorney in any court in this state for a period of two years. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.