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

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

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

Download: Texas-2017-HB431-Introduced.html

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85R2227 SRS-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 431

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 [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.