SENATE BILL 495 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Bernsen |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Thompson |
Under prior law, a justice of the peace could be removed from office for incompetency by failing to complete within one year after the date first elected a 40-hour course in the performance of the justice's duties. Senate Bill 495 amends the Government Code to increase the course time to 80 hours.