Texas Government Code

§ 72.030 — COLLECTION OF DATA RELATING TO JUDICIAL TURNOVER

GV § 72.030Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part F. COURT ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 72. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION · Art. C. POWERS AND DUTIES

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(a)The office biennially shall collect data relating to:

(1)the rate at which state judges resign from office or do not seek reelection; and

(2)the reason for action under Subdivision (1).

(b)Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the office shall file a report containing the data collected under Subsection (a) for the preceding state fiscal biennium with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officers of the standing committees of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over the judiciary or appropriations.

(c)The report filed under Subsection (b) must include the following findings:

(1)whether the compensation of state judges exceeds, is equal to, or is less than the compensation of judges at corresponding levels in the five states closest in population to this state; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 11), Sec. 8, eff. December 1, 2005.