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The Second Administrative Judicial Region’s rules (Code of Criminal Procedure art. 26.05(c)) for appointed counsel to appeal a trial court’s or Managed Assigned Counsel Director’s disapproval of, or failure to act on, a request for payment of appointed-attorney fees. Counsel files an original motion with the clerk and forwards copies to the Regional Presiding Judge and the payment authority within 20 days of a disapproval order (or within 80 days if the authority fails to act), setting out the enumerated case and billing details; the Presiding Judge abates ruling at least 10 days for the payment authority to reconsider, then rules under art. 26.05(c) on the form order in Appendix B, with the Judge’s/Director’s findings on the Appendix A forms.
Texas > Second Administrative Judicial Region (AJR-2) > appointed-counsel fee-payment appeals to the Regional Presiding Judge. Region-scoped.
An attorney appealing the disapproval of (or failure to act on) an appointed-fee request must file an original motion with the clerk of the court where the case is pending and forward copies to the Regional Presiding Judge and the trial court or MAC Director within 20 days of a disapproval order, or within 80 days of submission if the authority fails to act. The motion must state the cause, offense, appointment and disposition dates, itemized time/expenses, unusual-effort factors, and how the order deviated from the county’s Fair Defense Act fee schedule, attaching the disapproval order and the fee schedule. The Presiding Judge abates ruling ≥10 days for reconsideration; if unresolved within 20 days, the Presiding Judge rules under art. 26.05(c) (Appendix B order), and the payment authority files written findings (Appendix A). The commissioners court must pay the approved amount no later than the 45th day after submission.
Reviewer note: Instrument-true recompose from the full 8-page text (11,250 chars) of the Region’s print. Region-scoped, circuit-attached (tx-ajr-2). Composed benchpath-ajr2-region.
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.