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                                                                  H.B. No. 3519




AN ACT

relating to the appointment of temporary justices of the peace in 
certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 27.055, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  In Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (f), "qualified 
person" means a person who has served as a justice of the peace for 
not less than 4 1/2 years and who has not been convicted of a 
criminal offense that involves moral turpitude.
	(d)  A person appointed under Subsection (b) or (f) may 
reside in a county other than the county in which the person is 
appointed as a temporary justice of the peace.
	(e)  The county judge may appoint any qualified voter under 
Section 11.002, Election Code, to serve as a temporary justice of 
the peace if the judge cannot find a qualified person who agrees to 
serve under Subsection (b) or (f).
	(f)  In a county that has a population of more than 800,000 
and that has not more than five justices of the peace, the county 
judge may appoint a qualified person to serve as a temporary justice 
of the peace to hold court when necessary to dispose of accumulated 
business in the precinct.  The county judge may designate the local 
administrative statutory county court judge to act on behalf of the 
county judge in making the appointment under this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 3519 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 3519 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor