Sec. 23.302.  DEADLINES IN CERTAIN ELECTION PROCEEDINGS.  (a)  Not later than 24 hours after the proceeding is filed, a judge to whom a case is assigned under Section 23.301(b) who wishes to be recused from the proceeding must, before recusal:
(1)  hear an application for any emergency temporary relief sought;
(2)  grant or deny any emergency temporary relief sought; and
(3)  set a scheduling order that provides:
(A)  a date for a hearing on any injunction sought not later than five days after the date on which the proceeding was filed; and
(B)  discovery and deposition deadlines before the expiration of any emergency relief order entered.
(b)  The presiding judge of an administrative region shall assign a new judge to a proceeding assigned under Section 23.301(b) not later than 12 hours after the original judge assigned to the proceeding is recused under Subsection (a).
(c)  A final order in a proceeding filed under Section 273.081, Election Code, shall be submitted in writing to the parties not later than 24 hours after the judge makes a final determination in the proceeding.
(d)  If a district judge does not comply with this section, a person may seek from the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals a writ of mandamus as provided by Section 273.061, Election Code, to compel compliance with this section.
(e)  Notwithstanding Section 23.101(b-1), a proceeding relating to a permanent injunction being sought in connection to a challenge under Section 141.034, Election Code, may be heard after the primary election has been canvassed.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 8.07, eff. December 2, 2021.