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Texas Probate
x-Did Not Pass: HB 2372 -- Assignment of judges to hear recusals
Caption: Relating to the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate court judge and subsequent assignment of another judge.
Author: Hartnett
Bill History
Bill Text
Relevance: In 2007, SB 406 amended Section 25.00255 of the Government Code to make the presiding judge of the administrative judicial district, not the presiding statutory probate judge, responsible for appointing judges to hear recusals of statutory probate judges and to hear the case if a statutory probate judge is recused. HB 2372 would give the presiding statutory probate judge the authority to appoint judges to hear recusals and to replace disqualified judges, but it would prohibit the presiding judge from appointing another statutory probate judge from the same county to hear recusal motions.