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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 27.005. Educational Requirements

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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).

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