Texas Pols Might Have to Show up for Work

AUSTIN (CN) - Elected officials in Texas may have to show up for work "on a regular basis," if a state representative gets his way.     State Rep. James White, R-Woodville, is sponsoring a bill that would amend the Texas Government Code to require elected officers to "be physically present on a regular basis at a location at which official business of the jurisdiction served by the officer is ordinarily conducted."     These elected officers would include the state judges who sit on the Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, the 14 Courts of Appeals and all district courts.

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