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Seventh (7th) Administrative Judicial Region — 7th 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.
(a) The Council of Judges for the Region shall conduct business pursuant to the Rules of Judicial Administration and Chapter 74. … (a) The Presiding Judge shall maintain a list of qualified senior, retired, and former judges, and the area(s) of their expertise, who are eligible to sit by assignment in the Region. … (a) The Presiding Judge shall assign judges of the Region to hold special or regular terms of court in any county of the Region to try cases and dispose of accumulated business. · (b) Judges shall be assigned by the Presiding Judge in the manner provided by Chapter 74 when the active judge of the court: … (1) To promote the prompt disposition of criminal cases, and to minimize undue delay, courts shall comply with the applicable procedures and time limitations as required by law. … The court shall have the discretion to deviate from these guidelines upon a showing of good cause. … Recognizing the time limitations for disposition of de novo hearings as provided in § 201.105(f) of the Texas Family Code, and consistent with the resolution of conflicting trial settings in these Rules, the courts of this Region shall give de novo proceedings preference over other pending matters, to the extent necessary to ensure the referring court reaches a decision promptly. … (a) The district and statutory county courts of a county shall each elect a local administrative judge (LAJ). … If a LAJ is not chosen by the local judges, the Presiding Judge shall designate one of the qualified judges of that county to act as the LAJ. … Adopted local rules shall comply with the requirements of these Rules. … (b) Local rules of administration shall comply with the Rules of Judicial Administration, Chapter 74, the applicable provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct, and these Rules. … 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 to be transferred. … (d) In the event of a conflict between adopted local rules and these Rules, these Rules shall control. … (e) Local rules shall be submitted to the Presiding Judge for review and approval before submission to the Supreme Court of Texas. … Any proposed local rule shall not become effective until approved by the Presiding Judge and the Supreme Court of Texas. … (f) Local rules for the disposition of cases shall comply with the time standards and limitations set forth in Rule 7 of these Rules, and Rule 6 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. … If a judge has voluntarily recused or disqualified, the case shall be referred to the Presiding Judge for assignment to another judge. … (1) If a party files a motion to recuse or disqualify a judge, the clerk of the court, the respondent judge, and the Presiding Judge shall comply with the provisions of Rule 18a. … (a) Unless otherwise authorized by local rules approved by the Supreme Court of Texas, these Rules, applicable law, or rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Texas, audio or video recording, photographing, or broadcasting of any court proceedings or any matter related to a court proceeding, shall be prohibited. … (b) If a county has adopted local rules approved by the Supreme Court of Texas that govern recording, photographing, and broadcasting of court proceedings, the local rules shall control. … (1) An attorney who is in trial in one court may not be ordered to appear for trial in another court. … (1) Attorneys shall advise the affected judges of all dual settings as soon as the attorney becomes aware of them. … (2) Attorneys shall advise the affected courts that they are assigned to two or more courts for the same date and/or time. …
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 1d7c84911812…) 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)).