81R3052 CAE-D
By: Jackson H.B. No. 659
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of magistrates to hear truancy cases in
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.1172(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The county judge may appoint one or more part-time or
full-time magistrates to hear a matter alleging a violation of
Section 25.093 or 25.094, Education Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.