H.B. No. 3081
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a person qualified to serve as a temporary justice of
  the peace.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 27.055(c) and (e), Government Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In this section [Subsections (b) and (f)], "qualified
  person" means a person who has served as a justice of the peace,
  county judge, or the judge of a county court at law for not less than
  four [4 1/2] years and who has not been convicted of a criminal
  offense that involves moral turpitude.
         (e)  The county judge may appoint any qualified voter under
  Section 11.002, Election Code, who has experience and knowledge
  relevant to judicial or justice court processes and procedures and
  is approved by the county judge and a justice of the peace in the
  county, to serve as a temporary justice of the peace if the judge
  cannot find a qualified person who agrees to serve under this
  section [Subsection (b) or (f)].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a temporary justice of the peace appointed on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3081 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3081 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 7,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3081 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor