Tex. Government Code § 27.005
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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- Tex. Government Code § 27.005, EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/649270
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(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).