TITLE: Relating to the persons who are eligible for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace.

SUMMARY: Relating to the persons who are eligible for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the persons who are eligible for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 27.055(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) In Subsections (b) and (f), "qualified person" means a person who:(1) has served [as a justice of the peace] for not less than 4 1/2 years as a: (A) justice of the peace; (B) judge of a: (i) municipal court; (ii) constitutional county court; (iii) statutory county court; or (iv) district court; or (C) justice of an appellate court; and (2) [who] has not been convicted of a criminal offense that involves moral turpitude. 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.