Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 33 - State Commission On Judicial Conduct

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 33.001 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) "Censure" means an order of denunciation issued by the commission under Section 1-a(8), Article V, Texas Constitution, or an order...
• Texas Section 33.002 - Commission
  (a) The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is established under Section 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, and has the powers provided by that section. (a-1)...
• Texas Section 33.003 - Sunset Provision
  The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is subject to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The commission...
• Texas Section 33.0032 - Conflict Of Interest
  (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist...
• Texas Section 33.004 - Compensation And Expenses Of Commission Members, Special Masters, And Other Employees
  (a) A member of the commission serves without compensation for services, but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses as provided by this section. (b) A...
• Texas Section 33.0041 - Removal Of Commission Member; Notification Procedures
  If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal of a commission member exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer...
• Texas Section 33.0042 - Requirements For Office Or Employment: Information
  The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of the commission and to agency employees, as often as necessary, information regarding...
• Texas Section 33.0043 - Commission Member Training
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission shall complete a training program that complies with...
• Texas Section 33.0044 - Division Of Responsibility
  The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the executive director and...
• Texas Section 33.0045 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
  (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements a program of equal employment opportunity...
• Texas Section 33.005 - Annual Report
  (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the legislature a report for the preceding fiscal year ending August...
• Texas Section 33.0055 - Public Meeting
  (a) The commission shall in each even-numbered year hold a public hearing to consider comment from the public regarding the commission's mission and operations. Such...
• Texas Section 33.006 - Immunity From Liability
  (a) This section applies to: (1) the commission; (2) a member of the commission; (3) the executive director of the commission; (4) an employee of...
• Texas Section 33.007 - Distribution Of Materials To Judges And The Public
  (a) The commission shall develop and distribute plain-language materials as described by this section to judges and the public. (b) The materials must include a...

SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 33.008 - Judicial Misconduct Information
  The commission shall routinely provide to entities that provide education to judges information relating to judicial misconduct resulting in sanctions or orders of additional education...
• Texas Section 33.021 - General Powers Of Commission
  The commission may: (1) design and use a seal; (2) employ persons that it considers necessary to carry out the duties and powers of the...
• Texas Section 33.0211 - Complaints
  (a) The commission shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the commission. The file must include: (1) the name of the person...
• Texas Section 33.022 - Investigations And Formal Proceedings
  (a) The commission may conduct a preliminary investigation of the circumstances surrounding an allegation or appearance of misconduct or disability of a judge to determine...
• Texas Section 33.023 - Physical Or Mental Incapacity Of Judge
  (a) In any investigation or proceeding that involves the physical or mental incapacity of a judge, the commission may order the judge to submit to...
• Texas Section 33.024 - Oaths And Subpoenas
  In conducting an investigation, formal proceedings, or proceedings before a special court of review, a commission member, special master, or member of a special court...
• Texas Section 33.025 - Enforcement Of Subpoena
  (a) The commission may file an application in a district court or, if appropriate, with a special master or special court of review, to enforce...
• Texas Section 33.026 - Witness Immunity
  (a) In a proceeding or deposition related to a proceeding before the commission, a special master, or a special court of review, the commission, special...
• Texas Section 33.027 - Discovery
  (a) In formal proceedings or in a proceeding before a special court of review, discovery shall be conducted, to the extent practicable, in the manner...
• Texas Section 33.028 - Process And Orders
  (a) Process issued under this chapter is valid anywhere in the state. (b) A peace officer, an employee of the commission, or any other person...
• Texas Section 33.029 - Witnesses' Expenses
  A witness called to testify by the commission other than an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision or court of the...
• Texas Section 33.030 - Assistance To Commission, Special Master, Or Special Court Of Review
  (a) On request of the commission, the attorney general shall act as its counsel generally or in a particular investigation or proceeding. (b) A state...
• Texas Section 33.031 - No Award Of Costs
  Court costs or attorney's fees may not be awarded in a proceeding under this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 33.032 - Confidentiality Of Papers, Records, And Proceedings
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section and Section 33.034, the papers filed with and proceedings before the commission are confidential prior to the...
• Texas Section 33.0321 - Confidentiality Of Complainant's Identity
  On the request of a complainant, the commission may keep the complainant's identity confidential. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 15, eff....
• Texas Section 33.0322 - Confidential Information Provided To Sunset Advisory Commission
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 33.032 or other law, including Section 1-a(10), Article V, Texas Constitution, the commission shall provide to the Sunset Advisory Commission staff conducting...
• Texas Section 33.033 - Notification To Complainant
  (a) The commission shall promptly notify a complainant of the disposition of the case. (b) The communication shall inform the complainant that: (1) the case...
• Texas Section 33.034 - Review Of Commission Decision
  (a) A judge who receives from the commission a sanction or censure issued by the commission under Section 1-a(8), Article V, Texas Constitution, or any...
• Texas Section 33.035 - Reconsideration Of Complaint
  (a) A complainant may request reconsideration of a dismissed complaint if, not later than the 30th day after the date of the communication informing the...
• Texas Section 33.036 - Certain Disclosure Of Information
  (a) To protect the public interest, the commission may disclose information relating to an investigation or proceeding under this chapter to: (1) a law enforcement...
• Texas Section 33.037 - Suspension Pending Appeal
  If a judge who is convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving official misconduct appeals the conviction, the commission shall suspend the judge from...
• Texas Section 33.038 - Automatic Removal
  A judge is automatically removed from the judge's office if the judge is convicted of or is granted deferred adjudication for: (1) a felony; or...

SUBCHAPTER C JUDICIAL CONDUCT

• Texas Section 33.039 - Review Of Commission Operations And Procedural Rules
  The commission periodically as the commission determines appropriate shall: (1) assess the operations of the commission and implement any improvements needed to increase efficiency; and...
• Texas Section 33.051 - Solicitation Or Acceptance Of Referral Fees Or Gifts By Judge; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A judge commits an offense if the judge solicits or accepts a gift or a referral fee in exchange for referring any kind of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016