Section 25.00221 - Visiting Judge to Take Oath; Record(a) This section applies to the assignment of a retired or former judge as a visiting judge of a statutory probate court under Section 25.0022.(b) A person who is a retired or former judge shall, before accepting an assignment as a visiting judge of a statutory probate court, take the oath of office required by the constitution and file the oath with the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts.(c) The presiding judge shall maintain a file containing the oaths of office filed with the judge under Subsection (b).(d) A retired or former judge may be assigned as a visiting judge of a statutory probate court only if the judge has filed with the presiding judge an oath of office as required by this section.(e) When a retired or former judge is appointed as a visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the administrative file as a part of the proceedings in the cause a record that gives the visiting judge's name and shows that: (1) the judge of the court was disqualified, absent, or disabled to try the cause;(2) the visiting judge was appointed; and(3) the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly administered to the visiting judge and filed with the presiding judge.(f) "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause number.Tex. Gov't. Code § 25.00221
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 469, Sec. 2, 3, eff. 9/1/2001.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 960, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/1999.