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The Health and Human Services Commission, the Center for Health Care Services Outpatient Competency Restoration Program, the Alamo Area Council of Governments Community Based Competency Restoration Program and the Bexar County Jail Based Competency Restoration Program are authorized to screen Bexar County defendants as they deem necessary to determine whether the defendants are appropriate for those programs and/or need re-evaluation for competency to stand trial; effective retroactively to February 3, 2025.
Applies to Bexar County defendants whose competency to stand trial is in question before the Criminal Law Magistrate's Court (Criminal Law Magistrate Liza A. Rodriguez, appointed by the criminal district judges). Supersedes the July 31, 2024 order of the prior magistrate (Special Order 73294, TOPICs doc 2021) in the same terms. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 73535. COUNTY OF BEXAR, STATE OF TEXAS — IN THE CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE'S COURT. STANDING ORDER. On this 12th day of August 2025, Criminal Law Magistrate of Bexar County, Liza A. Rodriguez, having been duly appointed by the Criminal District Judges of Bexar County, enters the following Standing Order: The Health and Human Services Commission, the Center for Health Care Services O
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (one image-only page read through the vision lane). Single current signer — Criminal Law Magistrate Liza A. Rodriguez, seated on the OCA roster as a magistrate (court-less officer) — so the rule is judge-joined without a court join; the Criminal Law Magistrate's Court is not a spine court. Effective date taken from the order's own retroactive effective date (February 3, 2025); signed August 12, 2025.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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