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Constable reports spike in service papers and flags new state requirements after Uvalde-related legislation
Summary
Constable Barnes told commissioners his office is about 50 service papers ahead year-over-year, noted large increases in truancy filings, and warned that legislative changes (including a shortened five-day service window and new equipment and PIO training mandates) could strain small precinct budgets and risk county fee revenues.
Constable Barnes (Precinct 2) gave a detailed operational report to the Commissioners Court on Jan. 27, describing a roughly 50-paper year-over-year increase in civil service work and sharp rises in truancy cases that have taken officers off street service duties and into court work.
Barnes said fees collected from service work have risen (from about $39,460 to $47,590 in the current fiscal run-rate when compared to the prior year) but warned new state rule changes and workload could erode that revenue. “So far to this point, we are…
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