Section 27.005 - 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). Tex. Gov't. Code § 27.005
Amended by Acts 2021SP2, Texas Acts of the 87th Legislature - Second Special Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 15, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 5.01(a), eff. 1/1/2012.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989 Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.