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Chapter 31 - Additional Compensation of Justices of Courts of Appeal
Section 31.001. Authority for County Payment of Compensation - Sec. 31.001. AUTHORITY FOR COUNTY PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION. The commissioners...
Section 31.002. Compensation Additional - Sec. 31.002. COMPENSATION ADDITIONAL. The compensation authorized by Section 31.001...
Section 31.003. Limitations - Sec. 31.003. LIMITATIONS. (a) The total of additional compensation authorized...
Section 31.004. Equal Installments - Sec. 31.004. EQUAL INSTALLMENTS. The compensation authorized by this chapter...
Chapter 32 - Additional Compensation of District Judges
Subchapter A. Additional Compensation Paid by County for Extrajudicial Services
Section 32.001. Authority for Additional Compensation - Sec. 32.001. AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. (a) The commissioners court...
Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 32.302. Salary of Special Judges - Sec. 32.302. SALARY OF SPECIAL JUDGES. (a) The salary of...
Section 32.303. Automobile Allowance - Sec. 32.303. AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE. A commissioners court may pay the...
Chapter 33 - State Commission on Judicial Conduct
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 33.001. Definitions - Sec. 33.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter: (1) "Censure" means...
Section 33.002. Commission - Sec. 33.002. COMMISSION. (a) The State Commission on Judicial Conduct...
Section 33.003. Sunset Provision - Sec. 33.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct...
Section 33.0032. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 33.0032. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) In this section, "Texas...
Section 33.004. Compensation and Expenses of Commission Members, Special Masters, and Other Employees - Sec. 33.004. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF COMMISSION MEMBERS, SPECIAL MASTERS,...
Section 33.0041. Removal of Commission Member; Notification Procedures - Sec. 33.0041. REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBER; NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES. If the...
Section 33.0042. Requirements for Office or Employment: Information - Sec. 33.0042. REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT: INFORMATION. The executive...
Section 33.0043. Commission Member Training - Sec. 33.0043. COMMISSION MEMBER TRAINING. (a) A person who is...
Section 33.0044. Division of Responsibility - Sec. 33.0044. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY. The commission shall develop and...
Section 33.0045. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement - Sec. 33.0045. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT. (a) The executive...
Section 33.005. Annual Report - Sec. 33.005. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1...
Section 33.0055. Public Meeting - Sec. 33.0055. PUBLIC MEETING. (a) The commission shall in each...
Section 33.006. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 33.006. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) This section applies to:...
Section 33.007. Distribution of Materials to Judges and the Public - Sec. 33.007. DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS TO JUDGES AND THE PUBLIC....
Section 33.008. Judicial Misconduct Information - Sec. 33.008. JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT INFORMATION. The commission shall routinely provide...
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties
Section 33.021. General Powers of Commission - Sec. 33.021. GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION. The commission may: (1)...
Section 33.0211. Complaints - Sec. 33.0211. COMPLAINTS. (a) The commission shall maintain a file...
Section 33.0212. Report and Recommendations on Filed Complaints - Sec. 33.0212. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON FILED COMPLAINTS. (a) Not...
Section 33.0213. Notification of Law Enforcement Agency Investigation - Sec. 33.0213. NOTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INVESTIGATION. On notice...
Section 33.022. Investigations and Formal Proceedings - Sec. 33.022. INVESTIGATIONS AND FORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) The commission may...
Section 33.023. Physical or Mental Incapacity of Judge - Sec. 33.023. PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INCAPACITY OF JUDGE. (a) In...
Section 33.024. Oaths and Subpoenas - Sec. 33.024. OATHS AND SUBPOENAS. In conducting an investigation, formal...
Section 33.025. Enforcement of Subpoena - Sec. 33.025. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA. (a) The commission may file...
Section 33.026. Witness Immunity - Sec. 33.026. WITNESS IMMUNITY. (a) In a proceeding or deposition...
Section 33.027. Discovery - Sec. 33.027. DISCOVERY. (a) In formal proceedings or in a...
Section 33.028. Process and Orders - Sec. 33.028. PROCESS AND ORDERS. (a) Process issued under this...
Section 33.029. Witnesses' Expenses - Sec. 33.029. WITNESSES' EXPENSES. A witness called to testify by...
Section 33.030. Assistance to Commission, Special Master, or Special Court of Review - Sec. 33.030. ASSISTANCE TO COMMISSION, SPECIAL MASTER, OR SPECIAL COURT...
Section 33.031. No Award of Costs - Sec. 33.031. NO AWARD OF COSTS. Court costs or attorney's...
Section 33.032. Confidentiality of Papers, Records, and Proceedings - Sec. 33.032. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PAPERS, RECORDS, AND PROCEEDINGS. (a) Except...
Section 33.0321. Confidentiality of Complainant's Identity - Sec. 33.0321. CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPLAINANT'S IDENTITY. On the request of...
Section 33.0322. Confidential Information Provided to Sunset Advisory Commission - Sec. 33.0322. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION. (a)...
Section 33.033. Notification to Complainant - Sec. 33.033. NOTIFICATION TO COMPLAINANT. (a) The commission shall promptly...
Section 33.034. Review of Commission Decision - Sec. 33.034. REVIEW OF COMMISSION DECISION. (a) A judge who...
Section 33.035. Reconsideration of Complaint - Sec. 33.035. RECONSIDERATION OF COMPLAINT. (a) A complainant may request...
Section 33.036. Certain Disclosure of Information - Sec. 33.036. CERTAIN DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (a) To protect the...
Section 33.037. Suspension Pending Appeal - Sec. 33.037. SUSPENSION PENDING APPEAL. If a judge who is...
Section 33.038. Automatic Removal - Sec. 33.038. AUTOMATIC REMOVAL. A judge is automatically removed from...
Section 33.039. Review of Commission Operations and Procedural Rules - Sec. 33.039. REVIEW OF COMMISSION OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURAL RULES. The...
Section 33.040. Annual Report - Sec. 33.040. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than September 1 of...
Section 33.041. Legislative Report - Sec. 33.041. LEGISLATIVE REPORT. (a) The commission shall prepare a...
Subchapter C. Judicial Conduct
Section 33.051. Solicitation or Acceptance of Referral Fees or Gifts by Judge; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 33.051. SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF REFERRAL FEES OR GIFTS...
Chapter 34 - Code of Judicial Conduct; Candidates for Judicial Office
Section 34.001. Candidate Subject to Code - Sec. 34.001. CANDIDATE SUBJECT TO CODE. (a) A person who...
Section 34.002. Judge - Sec. 34.002. JUDGE. A candidate who is a judge subject...
Section 34.003. Attorney - Sec. 34.003. ATTORNEY. A candidate who is an attorney and...
Section 34.004. Other Candidate - Sec. 34.004. OTHER CANDIDATE. A candidate other than a judge...
Chapter 35 - Judicial Compensation Commission
Subchapter A. Organization
Section 35.001. Definition - Sec. 35.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commission" means the Judicial...
Section 35.002. Membership; Terms - Sec. 35.002. MEMBERSHIP; TERMS. (a) The commission consists of nine...
Section 35.003. Vacancy - Sec. 35.003. VACANCY. In the event of a vacancy, the...
Section 35.004. Presiding Officer - Sec. 35.004. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall designate a member...
Section 35.005. Qualifications - Sec. 35.005. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) Each member must be a registered...
Section 35.006. Removal - Sec. 35.006. REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal...
Section 35.007. Administrative Support - Sec. 35.007. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (a) The Office of Court Administration...
Section 35.008. Compensation and Reimbursement - Sec. 35.008. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A member of the...
Section 35.101. Meetings - Sec. 35.101. MEETINGS. The commission shall meet at the call...
Section 35.102. Biennial Reports - Sec. 35.102. BIENNIAL REPORTS. (a) Not later than December 1...
Chapter 36 - Judicial Reports
Section 36.001. Definitions - Sec. 36.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Competency evaluator" means...
Section 36.002. Applicability; Conflict of Law - Sec. 36.002. APPLICABILITY; CONFLICT OF LAW. (a) This chapter applies...
Section 36.003. Exemption - Sec. 36.003. EXEMPTION. The reporting requirements of Section 36.004 do...
Section 36.004. Report on Appointments - Sec. 36.004. REPORT ON APPOINTMENTS. (a) In addition to a...
Section 36.005. Failure to Report - Sec. 36.005. FAILURE TO REPORT. If a court in this...
Section 36.006. Texas Judicial Council Rules - Sec. 36.006. TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL RULES. The Texas Judicial Council...
Chapter 37 - Appointments of Attorneys Ad Litem, Guardians Ad Litem, Mediators, and Guardians
Section 37.001. Applicability; Conflict of Law - Sec. 37.001. APPLICABILITY; CONFLICT OF LAW. (a) This chapter applies...
Section 37.002. Exemption - Sec. 37.002. EXEMPTION. The appointment requirements of Section 37.004 do...
Section 37.003. Lists of Attorneys Ad Litem, Guardians Ad Litem, Mediators, and Guardians - Sec. 37.003. LISTS OF ATTORNEYS AD LITEM, GUARDIANS AD LITEM,...
Section 37.004. Appointment of Attorneys Ad Litem, Guardians Ad Litem, Mediators, and Guardians; Maintenance of Lists - Sec. 37.004. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEYS AD LITEM, GUARDIANS AD LITEM,...
Section 37.005. Posting of Lists - Sec. 37.005. POSTING OF LISTS. A court annually shall post...
Chapter 38 - Judicial Donation Trust Funds
Section 38.001. Establishment of Trust Funds - Sec. 38.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUNDS. (a) The governing body...
Section 38.002. Procedures and Eligibility - Sec. 38.002. PROCEDURES AND ELIGIBILITY. The governing body of a...
Section 38.003. Use of Funds in Account - Sec. 38.003. USE OF FUNDS IN ACCOUNT. (a) The judge...