Bill Text: TX HB1839 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the age qualifications for a person elected or appointed to serve as a district judge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1839 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1839-Introduced.html

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87R7045 CAE-F
By: Stephenson H.B. No. 1839

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the age qualifications for a person elected or
appointed to serve as a district judge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 24.001, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 24.001. AGE QUALIFICATION OF JUDGES. On the date of
election or appointment, a [A] district judge must be:
(1) at least 25 years of age; and
(2) not older than 74 years of age [old].
SECTION 2. Section 24.001, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a district judge who is elected or
appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A district
judge elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act
continues to serve for the term to which the judge was elected or
appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.