87R7045 CAE-F
 
  By: Stephenson H.B. No. 1839
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the age qualifications for a person elected or
  appointed to serve as a district judge.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 24.001, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 24.001.  AGE QUALIFICATION OF JUDGES. On the date of
  election or appointment, a [A] district judge must be:
               (1)  at least 25 years of age; and
               (2)  not older than 74 years of age [old].
         SECTION 2.  Section 24.001, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a district judge who is elected or
  appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A district
  judge elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act
  continues to serve for the term to which the judge was elected or
  appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.