Sec. 141.0311.  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE.  (a)  This section applies to candidates for 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; and
(5)  judge of a statutory county court.
(b)  In addition to other requirements under this code, a candidate's application for a place on the ballot must:
(1)  include the candidate's state bar number for:
(A)  this state; and
(B)  any other state in which the candidate has been licensed to practice law;
(2)  disclose any public:
(A)  sanction or censure, as those terms are defined by Section 33.001, Government Code, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct or a review tribunal has issued against the candidate;
(B)  disciplinary sanction imposed on the candidate by the state bar; and
(C)  disciplinary sanction imposed on the candidate by an entity in another state responsible for attorney discipline in that state;
(3)  include statements describing for the preceding five years:
(A)  the nature of the candidate's legal practice, including any area of legal specialization; and
(B)  the candidate's professional courtroom experience; and
(4)  disclose any final conviction of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor in the 10 years preceding the date the person would assume the judicial office for which the person is filing the application.
(c)  A candidate for a judicial office described by Subdivision (a)(1), (2), or (3) who does not hold or has not previously held a judicial office described by those subdivisions must, in addition to the other requirements of this section and this code, include in the application a description of:
(1)  appellate court briefs the candidate has prepared and filed in the preceding five years; and
(2)  oral arguments the candidate has presented before any appellate court in the preceding five years.
(d)  Each officially prescribed form for an application under this section must include a statement informing candidates that knowingly providing false information on the application, in addition to other penalties prescribed by law, constitutes professional misconduct subject to public sanctions or censure by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct or the state bar, as applicable.
(e)  The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and content of the application materials under this section.  The secretary of state may consult with the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, the supreme court, and the court of criminal appeals when prescribing the form and content of application materials under this section.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.