{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-27.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 27.005","heading":"EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(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:\n(1) within one year after the date the justice is first elected:\n(A) an 80-hour course in the performance of the justice's duties; and\n(B) the course described by Article 17.024(a)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure;\n(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\n(3) each following state fiscal biennium, the course described by Article 17.024(a)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure.\n(b) The courses may be completed in an accredited state-supported school of higher education.\n(c) A course described by Subsection (a)(1)(A) may include a course described by Subsection (a)(1)(B).\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 5.01(a), eff. January 1, 2012.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 6), Sec. 15, eff. January 1, 2022.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 27. JUSTICE COURTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.27.htm#27.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"21e6d906fbbcd33ae964787b1007667abe2916f4c9989904e15982789f240dc3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-27.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-27.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}