One-Day Sessions Provide Commissioners Continuing Education
Ten Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Districts will offer in-service training for members of Commissioners Court from Oct. 30-Dec. 12.
The District Conferences provide varying amounts of continuing education credits for County Commissioners; County Judges are also welcome to attend. Application will be made to the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas Commissioners Education Committee for continuing education credit.
Each of the Districts conducts independent registration and sets its own agenda of courses, although some classes repeat.
District Judges & Commissioners Conferences
District 2, October 30, Lubbock, 806-746-6101
District 3, November 7, Vernon, 940-647-3893
District 4, December 5, Mount Pleasant, 972-231-5362
District 5, December 4, Nacogdoches, 903-834-6191
District 6, November 14, Fort Stockton, 432-336-8585
District 7, November 13, San Angelo, 325-653-4576
District 8, November 6, Stephenville, 254-968-4144
District 10, November 15, Kerrville, 830-278-9151
District 11, December 12, Edna, 361-265-9203
District 12, December 6, Laredo, 956-968-5581
What are the education requirements for County Judges and County Commissioners?
Judges: Texas Government Code Sections 56.006 and 74.025. The State of Texas delegated to the Court of Criminal Appeals the authority to establish the rules of judicial education. These rules are posted on the Texas Judicial Branch website at http://www.txcourts.gov/organizations/bar-education/judicial-education.aspx.
Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 17.024 details requirements for Judges who perform magistrate duties.
Each County Judge performing judicial functions will, as an official duty: complete before taking office, or within one year after taking office, at least 30 hours of instruction in the administrative duties of office and substantive, procedural, and evidentiary laws unless the Judge has previously complied with this requirement and has been absent from the bench less than one year before taking the present office; each fiscal year thereafter complete at least 16 hours of instruction in substantive, procedural, and evidentiary laws, and court administration.
Commissioners: Texas Local Government Code 81.0025
A County Commissioner must successfully complete at least 16 classroom hours of continuing education in the performance of the duties of County Commissioners at least once in each 12-month period.