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Chapter 9 (Traffic Court; rules 9.00 and 9.01): trial by declaration and ability-to-pay determinations.
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CHAPTER 9 - TRAFFIC COURT 9.00 Trial by Declaration (A) Pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40902, trial by written declaration shall be permitted for any citation for an infraction, except one that involves an accident or requires an appearance, or for which the defendant has failed to appear. The defendant must post bail in the amount established by the court pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40310. (B) Trial by declaration shall be permitted for any citation issued by an automated enforcement system, except where identification of the driver is being contested. The defendant must complete a Red Light Camera Statement Regarding Identification indicating that, for the purpose of a trial by declaration only, they are not contesting the allegation that they were the driver of the vehicle pictured in the automated enforcement photograph. (Adopted 1/1/2023) 9.01 Ability-to-Pay Determinations (A) The clerk of the court is authorized to make ability-to-pay determinations based on specified criteria established by the court as set forth in Government Code 68645.3. (Adopted 1/1/25)
CHAPTER 9 - TRAFFIC COURT 9.00 Trial by Declaration (A) Pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40902, trial by written declaration shall be permitted for any citation for an infraction, except one that involves an accident or requires an appearance, or for which the defendant has failed to appear. The defendant must post bail in the amount established by the court pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40310.
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Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.