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Chapter 13: the matters heard by the department designated to hear psychiatric proceedings (Rule 13.00) and transfers for jury trial or to the probate department (Rule 13.01).
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CHAPTER 13: MENTAL HEALTH CALENDAR PROCEDURES RULE 13.00 PROCEEDINGS The department designated to hear psychiatric proceedings shall conduct all proceedings in the following matters and such other matters as may be specially assigned to it by the Presiding Judge. A. A proceeding of any kind for the evaluation or involuntary treatment of a person pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; B. A conservatorship proceeding pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; C. A proceeding arising from a petition for the commitment of an alleged narcotic drug addict pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; D. A proceeding arising from a petition for the commitment of an alleged habit-forming drug addict pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; E. A proceeding of any kind for the commitment or placement of a person alleged to be mentally retarded; F. A habeas corpus proceeding filed by or on behalf of any person being held by an institution, public or private, as defined by §7000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, including all proceedings pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (Effective January 1, 1997) RULE 13.01 JURY TRIAL AND MATTER, WHICH MAY BE TRANSFERRED In a case in which the subject person is entitled to and makes timely demand for a jury trial the judge conducting the psychiatric proceeding may transfer the case to the Master Calendar Department. In a conservatorship matter, under section (D), supra, the judge conducting the psychiatric proceeding may transfer such matter to the department conducting probate proceedings if it appears that the matter involved does not have any aspects which make it desirable that it be heard on the psychiatric calendar. (Effective January 1, 1997)
CHAPTER 13: MENTAL HEALTH CALENDAR PROCEDURES RULE 13.00 PROCEEDINGS The department designated to hear psychiatric proceedings shall conduct all proceedings in the following matters and such other matters as may be specially assigned to it by the Presiding Judge. A. A proceeding of any kind for the evaluation or involuntary treatment of a person pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of the
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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.