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An order of the Guadalupe County Statutory County Courts at Law judges finding the areas essential to the operations of their courts (courtrooms, chambers, jury rooms, clerks' and reporters' offices, consultation rooms, and access areas), the predicate for restricting weapons and access in those areas.
Applies to the areas of the Guadalupe County Justice Center essential to the operations of the County Courts at Law. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
ORDER OF THE GUADALUPE COUNTY STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS AT LAW JUDGES OF GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS, FINDING AREAS ESSENTIAL TO OPERATIONS OF THEIR COURTS The Guadalupe County Statutory County Courts at Law Judges of Guadalupe County, Texas, hereby find that the following are essential to the operations of their Courts: • All County Court at Law Courtrooms; • All Auxiliary Courtrooms used by Administrative Judges, Visiting Judges, or Constitutional County Judge in the exercise of their Judicial function; • All Judges' Chambers; • All Jury rooms; • Court Administrators' and Court Reporters' offices; • County Clerks' offices; • All offices related to administration of the courts; • Attorney consultation rooms; • Break rooms; • Restrooms (which are used by jurors, parties, and attorneys); • All hallways, stairwells, elevators, or common areas in the Guadalupe County Justice Center used to access any of the foregoing and used for waiting areas for jurors, witnesses, and parties. As part of these findings it is found that the hallways, common areas, stairwells, elevators, and restrooms are all used by jurors, witnesses, attorneys, prosecutors, parties and judicial personnel. Use of these areas is integral and necessary to the operations of our courts. In addition, jurors, parties, and witnesses often wait or are required to wait in hallways and common areas. Entered this 30 [handwritten] day of December, 2015. [signature] Honorable Frank Follis, Presiding Administrative Judge of the Statutory County Courts at Law of Guadalupe County [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD 15 DEC 30 AM 10:48, Teresa Kiel, Guadalupe County Clerk]
Order of the Guadalupe County Statutory County Courts at Law Judges Finding Areas Essential to Operations of Their Courts. The judges find that the following are essential to the operations of their Courts: all County Court at Law courtrooms; all auxiliary courtrooms used by administrative, visiting, or constitutional county judges in their judicial function; all judges' chambers; all jury rooms;
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9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.