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.