Applicability

Sec. 39.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to a person elected to or holding any of the following judicial offices: (1) chief justice or justice of the supreme court; (2) presiding judge or judge of the court of criminal appeals; (3) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals; (4) district judge, including a criminal district judge; (5) business court judge; and (6) judge of a statutory county court. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2025.