BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 659 By: Jackson, Jim Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a county judge in a constitutional county court in a county of two million or more may appoint full-time magistrates to hear truancy cases, but such a judge does not have the authority to appoint part-time magistrates to hear truancy cases. H.B. 659 allows a county judge in a county of two million or more to appoint either full-time or part-time magistrates to hear truancy cases, based on need. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 659 amends the Government Code to authorize a county judge in a county with a population of two million or more to appoint one or more part-time magistrates to hear a matter alleging a violation of laws relating to the failure to attend school and a parent's failure to require a child to attend school. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 659
By: Jackson, Jim
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 659
By: Jackson, Jim
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a county judge in a constitutional county court in a county of two million or more may appoint full-time magistrates to hear truancy cases, but such a judge does not have the authority to appoint part-time magistrates to hear truancy cases. H.B. 659 allows a county judge in a county of two million or more to appoint either full-time or part-time magistrates to hear truancy cases, based on need.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 659 amends the Government Code to authorize a county judge in a county with a population of two million or more to appoint one or more part-time magistrates to hear a matter alleging a violation of laws relating to the failure to attend school and a parent's failure to require a child to attend school.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Under current law, a county judge in a constitutional county court in a county of two million or more may appoint full-time magistrates to hear truancy cases, but such a judge does not have the authority to appoint part-time magistrates to hear truancy cases.
H.B. 659 allows a county judge in a county of two million or more to appoint either full-time or part-time magistrates to hear truancy cases, based on need.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 659 amends the Government Code to authorize a county judge in a county with a population of two million or more to appoint one or more part-time magistrates to hear a matter alleging a violation of laws relating to the failure to attend school and a parent's failure to require a child to attend school.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.