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The region's Art. 26.05(c) CCP fee-appeal procedure (Council-approved, eff. May 14, 2015; also reaching juvenile appointments via FC § 51.10(i)): an appointed attorney appeals a trial judge's disapproval of — or 60-day inaction on — a fee request by motion to the Regional Presiding Judge (file within 20 days of a disapproval order or 80 days of submission on inaction, timelines non-preclusive); the motion's required contents run from the cause and jurisdictional statement through the case posture, compensation basis (standard vs hourly), fee-schedule deviations, expense pre-approval, the judge's Art. 26.05(c) findings, and the enumerated attachments (the disapproval order, findings, the itemized payment request, and the county's Fair Defense Act fee schedule); the original files with the District or County Clerk with copies to the trial judge and the Presiding Judge; the PJ abates the appeal at least 10 days so the trial judge may act or reconsider; a satisfied attorney withdraws in writing, and an unsatisfied one must notify the trial judge and PJ within 5 days of any revised order that the motion remains contested.
Texas > First Administrative Judicial Region > appeals by court-appointed counsel from any of the region's trial courts under CCP art. 26.05(c) (criminal and juvenile appointments). Approved by the Council of Judges; effective May 14, 2015; posted on the region's official page.
"These Rules apply to appeals under Article 26.05(c) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, applicable to cases filed under the Juvenile Justice Code through Section 51.10(i) of the Texas Family Code… the Presiding Judge of the Administrative Judicial Region has jurisdiction over appeals initiated by an appointed attorney when the trial judge disapproves or fails to act on the attorney's request for payment of fees or expenses." A. TIME TO FILE: the appeal is initiated "by filing a motion with the Presiding Judge pursuant to Article 26.05(c), which provides for filing when a judge has not acted on the request within sixty (60) days after submission… If feasible, the motion should be filed within twenty (20) days of the date the trial judge signed the order disapproving the requested payment or within eighty (80) days of the date the request for payment is submitted… if the judge failed to act… These timelines for filing are not intended to preclude consideration of an appeal filed timely based upon the specific circumstances of the case." B. CONTENTS: (1) cause number and style; (2) the jurisdictional statement (CCP vs Juvenile Justice Code appointment); (3) a statement of the case — offense type and classification (incl. whether a death-penalty case; for juveniles, the delinquent conduct), appointment date, disposition and its manner, whether compensation is standardized or hourly, any request beyond the approved fee schedule with justification, expense reimbursement and pre-approval, the submission date, the total requested, and the payment order's date or the judge's failure to act; (4) for standard compensation, the nature of the representation; (5) for hourly compensation, an explanation of services; (6) for vendor/expert reimbursement, the nature of the services; (7) unusual-effort factors (interpreter, § 12.45 unadjudicated offenses, multiple defendants); (8) how any signed order deviated from the county's Fair Defense Act fee schedule; (9) a statement addressing any Article 26.05(c) written findings; (10) ATTACHMENTS — the disapproval order, any written findings, the itemized request for payment, and the county's indigent-defense fee schedule (TIDC's published plans referenced). C. PLACE TO FILE: "An attorney must file the original motion with the District or County Clerk, respectively, serve all parties as required for all court filings, and deliver a copy of the motion to the trial judge and the Presiding Judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region" (the Region office at the Collin County Courthouse, 2100 Bloomdale Road — the instrument prints "Dallas, Texas 75071", quoted as printed). D. ABATEMENT: "the Presiding Judge will abate the appeal for a period of not less than ten (10) days from the filing of the motion to give the trial judge an opportunity to review the motion and either (1) act on the request for payment… or (2) reconsider the request." A satisfying order → the attorney "must notify the Presiding Judge in writing of the attorney's intent to withdraw the appeal"; otherwise the attorney "must notify the trial judge and the Presiding Judge in writing within five (5) days from the date of the order that the motion remains contested."
Reviewer note: Fetched to custody 2026-08-29 (786,823 B, sha 39a8feb2…); pages 2–3 carry a text layer (transcribed) and page 1 was read through the vision lane (title, approval, effective date, Part A–B openings). The office-address city/ZIP anomaly quoted as printed. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p8.
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.