82R9080 YDB-D
 
  By: Raymond H.B. No. 3434
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to continuing judicial training.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 56.006, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
         (c)  The court of criminal appeals may not adopt rules that
  require judges to complete continuing judicial training more
  frequently than every two years.
         (d)  In adopting rules on continuing judicial training, the
  court of criminal appeals must adopt rules that require:
               (1)  a judge to complete continuing judicial training
  in an even-numbered year; and
               (2)  the training to include a legislative update of
  the preceding legislative session on laws enacted or amended that
  affect the judiciary.
         (e)  The court of criminal appeals may not approve an
  organization to sponsor continuing judicial training for judges in
  this state unless the organization at a minimum provides training
  to municipal, county court, statutory county court, and district
  judges. This subsection does not prohibit the organization from
  providing training courses on topics specific to the judges of
  certain courts.
         SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than December 1, 2011, the court of
  criminal appeals shall adopt the rules required by Section 56.006,
  Government Code, as amended by this Act.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 56.006, Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, a judge is not required to comply with the
  continuing judicial training requirements of that section and rules
  adopted under that section until the year beginning January 1,
  2012.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.