88R4394 AMF-D By: Murr H.B. No. 5097 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the appointment of a retired judge as a visiting judge in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 26.020 to read as follows: Sec. 26.020. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "retired judge" means: (1) a person who has retired under the Judicial Retirement System of Texas, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two; or (2) a person who served as a judge for at least 96 months in a statutory probate, statutory county, or constitutional county court and has retired under the Texas County and District Retirement System. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.