Texas Government Code

§ 27.005 — EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

GV § 27.005Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 27. JUSTICE COURTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)For purposes of removal under Chapter 87, Local Government Code, "incompetency" in the case of a justice of the peace includes the failure of the justice to successfully complete:

(1)within one year after the date the justice is first elected:

(A)an 80-hour course in the performance of the justice's duties; and

(B)the course described by Article 17.024(a)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure;

(2)each following year, a 20-hour course in the performance of the justice's duties, including not less than 10 hours of instruction regarding substantive, procedural, and evidentiary law in civil matters; and

(3)each following state fiscal biennium, the course described by Article 17.024(a)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure.

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 5.01(a), eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 6), Sec. 15, eff. January 1, 2022.