Bill Text: TX HB431 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to a temporary justice of the peace.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB431 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB431-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 431

AN ACT
relating to a temporary justice of the peace.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.055(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) If a justice is temporarily unable to perform official
duties because of absence, recusal, illness, injury, or other
disability, the county judge, on the judge's own motion or at the
request of the justice of the peace, may appoint a qualified person
to serve as temporary justice for the duration of the absence of the
justice of the peace from the bench [disability]. The
commissioners court shall compensate the temporary justice by the
day, week, or month in an amount equal to the compensation of the
regular justice. A temporary justice has all the rights and powers
of the justice of the peace while serving in that capacity but may
not make personnel decisions about, or significant changes in, the
justice of the peace's office.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 431 was passed by the House on May 8,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 431 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor