Texas HB1664 modifies eligibility criteria for retired or former district court judges to serve as visiting judges.

Texas HB1664 amends the Government Code to adjust the eligibility criteria for retired or former district court judges seeking to serve as visiting judges. Specifically, it allows such judges to be named on the list if they certify under oath that they have not been publicly reprimanded or censured by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in the 15 years preceding their assignment.

Texas HB1664 modifies eligibility criteria for retired or former district court judges to serve as visiting judges.

Texas HB1664 amends the Government Code to adjust the eligibility criteria for retired or former district court judges seeking to serve as visiting judges. Specifically, it allows such judges to be named on the list if they certify under oath that they have not been publicly reprimanded or censured by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in the 15 years preceding their assignment.