Bill Text: TX HB4660 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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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| By: Wilson | H.B. No. 4660 | |
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| 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. [ |
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| 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. | ||
