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§ 34.001 — CANDIDATE SUBJECT TO CODE

GV § 34.001Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part B. JUDGES · Ch. 34. CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT; CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE

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(a)A person who has filed an application for a place on the ballot as provided by the Election Code for a judicial office listed in Subsection (b) is subject to Canon 7, Code of Judicial Conduct, and is subject to sanctions as provided by this chapter.
(b)This chapter applies to candidates for the following offices:
(1)chief justice or justice of the supreme court;
(2)presiding judge or judge of the court of criminal appeals;
(3)chief justice or justice of a court of appeals;
(4)district judge, including a criminal district judge;

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.