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