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By: Burrows (Senate Sponsor - Perry) |
H.B. No. 3354 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021; |
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May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Jurisprudence; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the location of certain justice courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 292.001(d), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) A justice of the peace court may not be housed or |
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conducted in a building located outside the court's precinct except |
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as provided by Section 27.051(f) or 27.0515, Government Code, or |
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unless the justice of the peace court is situated in the county |
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courthouse in a county with a population of at least 305,000 |
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[275,000] persons and the county seat of which is located in the |
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Llano Estacado region of this state [but no more than 285,000 |
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persons]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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