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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 GOVERNMENT CODE
 Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH
 Subtitle B. JUDGES
 Chapter 33. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT  
 Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS  

  Sec. 33.005. ANNUAL REPORT    

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  • (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 31.

    (b) The report must include:

    (1) an explanation of the role of the commission;

    (2) annual statistical information and examples of improper judicial conduct;

    (3) an explanation of the commission's processes; and

    (4) changes the commission considers necessary in its rules or the applicable statutes or constitutional provisions.

    (c) The commission shall distribute the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and editor of the Texas Bar Journal.

    (d) The legislature shall appropriate funds for the preparation and distribution of the report.

    (e) The Texas Bar Journal shall periodically publish public statements, sanctions, and orders of additional education issued by the commission.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.