Texas § GV.27.005 - EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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§ GV.27.005. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. (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. (b) The courses may be completed in an accredited state-supported school of higher education. (c) A course described by Subsection (a)(1)(A) may include a course described by Subsection (a)(1)(B). Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: 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.
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Section GV.27.005 ("EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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