SRC-JBJ C.S.S.B. 250 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 250
77R1592 JMC-DBy: Harris
Jurisprudence
2/20/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)
        

DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas Law, the selection for appointment of a temporary
justice of the peace is restricted to persons who have served as a justice
of the peace for at least four and one-half years.  As proposed, C.S.S.B.
250 would include persons who have served as a master or magistrate for a
district court, a judge of a municipal court, county court, or district
court, or justice of an appellate court for at least four and one-half
years, or a person who has served as an attorney for ten years among those
qualified for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 27.055(c) and (e), Government Code, to redefine
"qualified person." Deletes existing text pertaining to a qualified
person's agreement to serve. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001. 
            Makes application of this Act prospective.        

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 1.  Differs from the original by adding a person who has served as
an attorney for ten years to the definition of a "qualified person." 

SECTION 2.  No change.