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| 1 | 1 | 81R450 KFF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 29 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the qualifications for office of justice of the peace in | |
| 8 | 8 | certain counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 27, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 27.0055 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 27.0055. QUALIFICATIONS OF JUSTICES OF CERTAIN | |
| 13 | 13 | COUNTIES. A justice of the peace in a county with a population of | |
| 14 | 14 | more than one million must be licensed to practice law in this | |
| 15 | 15 | state. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to a justice of the peace elected or appointed on or after the | |
| 18 | 18 | effective date of this Act. A justice of the peace elected or | |
| 19 | 19 | appointed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | |
| 20 | 20 | law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act | |
| 21 | 21 | until the term for which the justice of the peace was elected or | |
| 22 | 22 | appointed expires, and the former law is continued in effect for | |
| 23 | 23 | that purpose. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |