H.B. No. 3081
AN ACT
relating to a person qualified to serve as a temporary justice of
the peace.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 27.055(c) and (e), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(c) In this section [Subsections (b) and (f)], "qualified
person" means a person who has served as a justice of the peace,
county judge, or the judge of a county court at law for not less than
four [4 1/2] years and who has not been convicted of a criminal
offense that involves moral turpitude.
(e) The county judge may appoint any qualified voter under
Section 11.002, Election Code, who has experience and knowledge
relevant to judicial or justice court processes and procedures and
is approved by the county judge and a justice of the peace in the
county, to serve as a temporary justice of the peace if the judge
cannot find a qualified person who agrees to serve under this
section [Subsection (b) or (f)].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a temporary justice of the peace appointed on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3081 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3081 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 7,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3081 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor