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First (1st) Administrative Judicial Region — 1st AJR Local Rules, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
3.2 The Presiding Judge shall call and preside over at least one annual regular meeting of the Council of Judges at a designated time and place. … 3.3 The Council of Judges shall consider those matters prescribed by Section 74.048(c) and Rules 3 and 4 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. … 5.2 Pursuant to Section 74.055(a), the Presiding Judge is required to maintain a list of qualified retired and former judges eligible to sit by assignment in the Region. … 5.4 The Section 74.055(a) list of retired and former judges shall include the areas of expertise ( criminal, civil, or family) for each eligible judge. … Although a judge may 2 qualify for assignment in more than one area of expertise, a judge may not be assigned to a case or docket outside the judge's listed area(s) of expertise. … 5.5 Retired and former judges must certify annually their continued eligibility for judicial assignment on the form provided by the Region. … 6.4 In accordance with Section 74.060, active judges may not be assigned outside the judge's district or county for more than 10 calendar days in a year without the judge's consent. … 6.5 When a judge is assigned under Chapter 74, the order of assignment shall state whether the judge is an active, retired, senior, or former judge. … 6.7 The salary, compensation, and expenses incurred by a judge while assigned shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 74.061 and other laws of the state. … LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES 7.1 Pursuant to Sections 74.09l(a) and 74.091 l(a), the district and statutory county courts must each have a local administrative judge (LAJ). … If an LAJ is not chosen by the local judges, the Presiding Judge shall designate one of the qualified judges of the county to act as the LAJ pursuant to Rule 9 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. … ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF LOCAL RULES 8.1 The district and statutory county court judges in each county shall, by majority vote, adopt local rules in accordance with Section 74.093. … 8.2 Local rules of administration must provide for the filing, assignment, docketing, transfer, and hearing of all cases to achieve the time standards set forth in Rule 6 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. … Rules relating to the transfer of cases or proceedings shall not permit the transfer of a case from one court to another court unless the case is within the jurisdiction of the court to which the case is transferred. … 8.3 Any rules related to docket or bench exchanges between judges shall be in accordance with Section 74.094. … 8.5 Local rules must meet the requirements of Rules 7, 9(b), and 10 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. … 8.6 The county local rules shall not be inconsistent with these rules. … 7 Local rules must be submitted to the Presiding Judge for review and approval before submission to the Supreme Court of Texas. … Once approved, the local rules must be published and available to the Bar and public. … 9.2 When a party files a motion to recuse a judge under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18a, the clerk of the court must immediately deliver a copy of the motion to the respondent judge and the Presiding Judge. … The clerk of the court shall deliver a copy of the signed order to the Presiding Judge. … 9.4 The respondent judge must refer the motion, even if the motion does not comply with Rule 18a. … If the motion is filed before evidence is offered at trial, the judge may not take any further action in the case until the motion is resolved, except for good cause stated in writing or on the record. … If a hearing is required, the hearing should be conducted as soon as practicable with notice to all parties. …
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 0ba6a2253ede…) is the controlling text.
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)).