Bill Text: TX HB4660 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to Burnet County criminal magistrates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-30 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4660 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4660-Introduced.html

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87R9539 TSS-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 4660

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Burnet County criminal magistrates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.1501(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The commissioners court shall establish the minimum
qualifications, salary, benefits, and other compensation of each
magistrate position and shall determine whether the position is
full-time or part-time. [The qualifications must require the
magistrate to:
[(1) have served as a justice of the peace or municipal
court judge; or
[(2) be an attorney licensed in this state.]
SECTION 2. Section 54.1502, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 54.1502. JURISDICTION. A magistrate has concurrent
criminal jurisdiction with:
(1) the judges of the justice of the peace courts of
Burnet County; and
(2) a municipal court in Burnet County, if approved by
a memorandum of understanding between the municipality and Burnet
County.
SECTION 3. 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, 2021.