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Local Rules 1.14 and 1.15 of the 24th, 135th, 267th and 377th District Courts are amended so that every request for a motion hearing, non-jury trial or jury trial goes to the Court Coordinator by e-mail or in writing with a copy to all counsel and a certification that the requesting attorney conferred with every party and that the date is agreed — or, if not agreed, that a good-faith effort to agree failed, in which case the Court sets a telephonic or in-chambers docket control conference to fix the date; the rules bind self-represented litigants directly. Effective immediately on signing, December 31, 2014.
Applies to requests for settings of motion hearings, non-jury trials and jury trials in the 24th, 135th and 267th District Courts sitting in Refugio County (the amendment is a single instrument of the Local Administrative Judge for all six counties the courts serve; the amended text of Rules 1.14 and 1.15 is also set out in the published Rules of Court). Binds self-represented litigants. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
ORDER AMENDING LOCAL RULES FOR 24TH, 135TH, 267TH AND 377TH DISTRICT COURTS The Court judicially notices §III (14) of The Texas Lawyers Creed which provides: "I will not arbitrarily schedule a deposition, court appearance, or hearing until a good faith effort has been made to schedule it by agreement." In order that the local rules of the 24th, 135th, 267th and 377th District Courts promote the go
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 by vision-lane transcription of the three-page image-only signed order posted by Goliad County (custody sha 1245f359…), the only public copy of the amending order itself; the amended rule text it sets out matches Rules 1.14 and 1.15 as carried in the TOPICs-registered Rules of Court (doc 457). Refugio County edition under the shared-instrument doctrine, citing the Goliad posting as its receipt. Single current signer — judge-joined to Judge Kemper Stephen Williams (135th, Local Administrative Judge).
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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