Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1147 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2021

                    87R12096 YDB-F
 By: Perry S.B. No. 1147


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the location of certain justice courts.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 292.001(d), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (d)  A justice of the peace court may not be housed or
 conducted in a building located outside the court's precinct except
 as provided by Section 27.051(f) or 27.0515, 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 305,000
 [275,000] persons and the county seat of which is located in the
 Llano Estacado region of this state [but no more than 285,000
 persons].
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.