82R4655 JRH-D
By: Christian H.B. No. 693
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to where a justice of the peace court is held.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.051(f), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(f) A justice of the peace [of a precinct in a county with a
population of less than 30,000] may hold court in the county
courthouse or another facility provided under Section 292.002(a),
Local Government Code, for that purpose. If requested by the
justice, the commissioners court of the county may provide and
furnish a suitable place in the courthouse or another facility
provided under Section 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for the
justice to hold court.
SECTION 2. Section 292.001(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a [A] justice of the
peace court may [not] be housed or conducted in a building located
inside or outside the county seat [court's precinct except as
provided by Section 27.051(f), Government Code, or unless the
justice of the peace court is situated in the county courthouse in a
county with a population of at least 242,000 persons but no more
than 248,000 persons].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.