Bill Text: TX HB1839 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1839 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the age qualifications for a person elected or appointed to serve as a district judge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1839 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1839-Introduced.html

	87R7045 CAE-F

	By: Stephenson	H.B. No. 1839



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the age qualifications for a person elected or
	appointed to serve as a district judge.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 24.001, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 24.001. AGE QUALIFICATION OF JUDGES. On the date of
	election or appointment, a [A] district judge must be:
	(1) at least 25 years of age; and
	(2) not older than 74 years of age [~~old~~].
	SECTION 2. Section 24.001, Government Code, as amended by
	this Act, applies only to a district judge who is elected or
	appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A district
	judge elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act
	continues to serve for the term to which the judge was elected or
	appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.