Tex. Gov't Code § 75.001 · Subchapter A. ASSIGNMENT OF FORMER JUDGES AND RETIRED JUDGES WHO ELECT TO BE JUDICIAL OFFICERS
JUDICIAL RETIREE ELECTION TO BE JUDICIAL OFFICER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A retiree under Subtitle D or E of Title 8 may elect to be a judicial officer.
(b) An election under this section may be made:
(1) not later than the 90th day after the date of the person's retirement in a document addressed to the chief justice of the supreme court; or
(2) after the 90th day after the date of the person's retirement in a petition addressed to the supreme court.
(c) An election under Subsection (b)(2) takes effect only on approval of the petition by the supreme court.
(d) A retiree who makes an election under this section shall be:
(1) designated a senior judge; and
(2) considered a judge of a court of this state for the purpose of appointment to a judicial branch board, commission, or council.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.41(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 2(e), eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 18, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 7.19, eff. December 4, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.75.htm
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- Tex. Gov't Code § 74.041DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 75.001
- Tex. Gov't Code § 75.002ASSIGNMENT OF RETIREE AS JUDICIAL OFFICER.Printed as Section 75.001
- Tex. Gov't Code § 411.201ACTIVE AND RETIRED JUDICIAL OFFICERS; CERTAIN COURT OFFICERS.Printed as Section 75.001 | Section 75.001, 831.001, or 836.001
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