The local rules governing the setting and trial of civil and criminal cases in the Bastrop County Court at Law: the Court Coordinator/Administrator makes all civil hearing settings; civil cases are set by phone or (preferably) email with all parties copied, and the requesting party notices all parties once a date is given; settings longer than two hours require special arrangement; and the rules address scheduling, hearings, and trial practice before the CCL.
Texas > Bastrop County > County Court at Law (Judge Mercer Benton Eskew). Doc 722 (an earlier CCL local-rules edition) is folded here as the prior version.
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration read; opening scheduling rules quoted verbatim; the CCL’s full civil/criminal rule text follows. Filed April 9, 2025. Doc 722 (older edition) folded as superseded. Composed benchpath-ajr2-quad.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
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