79R1363 RMB-F
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 435
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the education requirements for a justice of the peace.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.005(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) For purposes of removal under Chapter 87, Local
Government Code, "incompetency" in the case of a justice of the
peace includes the failure of the justice to successfully complete:
(1) within one year after the date the justice is first
elected or appointed, an 80-hour course in the performance of the
justice's duties; and
(2) each following year, a 20-hour course in the
performance of the justice's duties.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
27.005(a)(1), Government Code, applies only to a justice of the
peace appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. The
change in law made by this Act to Section 27.005(a)(2), Government
Code, applies to a justice of the peace appointed or elected to or
serving in the office of justice of the peace on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.