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By: White (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) |
H.B. No. 1717 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; |
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April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a person holding office as a municipal judge in more |
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than one municipality at the same time. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A person may hold the office of municipal judge for more |
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than one municipality at the same time [if each office is filled by
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appointment]. The holding of these offices at the same time is of |
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benefit to this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020, but only |
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if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2019, permitting a person to hold more than one |
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office as a municipal judge at the same time is approved by the |
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voters. If that proposed constitutional amendment is not approved |
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by the voters, this Act has no effect. |
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