H.B. No. 62

	AN ACT
	relating to a justice or judge having an interest in a business
	entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or
	rehabilitation facility.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 21.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.010.  FINANCIAL INTEREST IN PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL AND
	REHABILITATION FACILITIES PROHIBITED. (a)  A justice or judge, as
	applicable, of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a
	court of appeals, a district court, a county court, a county court
	at law, or a statutory probate court may not, on the date the person
	takes office as a justice or judge or while serving as a justice or
	judge, have a significant interest in a business entity that owns,
	manages, or operates:
	(1)  a community residential facility described by
	Section 508.119;
	(2)  a correctional or rehabilitation facility subject
	to Chapter 244, Local Government Code; or
	(3)  any other facility intended to accomplish a
	purpose or provide a service described by Section 508.119(a) to a
	person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony or found to have engaged
	in delinquent conduct who is housed in the facility:
	(A)  while serving a sentence of confinement
	following conviction of an offense or an adjudication of delinquent
	conduct; or
	(B)  as a condition of community supervision,
	probation, parole, or mandatory supervision.
	(b)  A justice or judge is considered to have a significant
	interest in a business entity described by Subsection (a) for
	purposes of this section if:
	(1)  the justice or judge owns any voting stock or share
	or has a direct investment in the business entity that represents
	the lesser of at least 10 percent or $15,000 of the fair market
	value of the business entity; or
	(2)  the justice or judge receives money from the
	business entity.
	(c)  A violation of this section by a justice or judge is
	considered a violation of Canon 4D(1), Code of Judicial Conduct.  A
	justice or judge who has an interest in a business entity that is
	prohibited by this section must report the interest to the State
	Commission on Judicial Conduct.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 62 was passed by the House on April
	25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 62 was passed by the Senate on May 17,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor