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Second Administrative Judicial Region of Texas - Regional Rules of Administration, 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.
Within 6 months from appearance date or within 6 months from the expiration of the waiting period provided by the Family Code where such is required, whichever is later. … Within 3 months from appearance date or within 3 months from the expiration of the waiting period provided by the Family Code where such is required, whichever is later. … 1.4.4 Nothing herein shall prevent a judge from recessing a juvenile hearing at any state of the proceeding where the parties are agreeable or when in the opinion of the judge presiding in the case the best interests of the child and society shall be served. … It is recognized that in especially complex cases or special circumstances it may not be possible to adhere to these standards. … The Local Administrative Judge of each County shall cause the proper Clerk to send the Regional Presiding Judge a copy of the report sent each month to the Office of Court Administration, and such other information regarding docket management systems of the County as may be requested by the Presiding Judge. … The Board of Judges or Judges giving preference to civil cases in each County must adopt and uniformly follow local rules governing the filing, docketing and assignment of civil cases to achieve the time standards of Rule 1 above, and Rule 6, Supreme Court Rules of Judicial Administration, and meet the requirements of Rules 7, 9, and 10, Supreme Court Rules of Judicial Administration. … The Board of Judges or Judges giving preference to Family Law and Juvenile cases in each County must adopt and uniformly follow local rules governing the filing, docketing and assignment of Family Law and Juvenile cases to achieve the time standards of Rule 1 above, and Rule 6, Supreme Court Rules of Judicial Administration, and meet the requirements of Rules 7, 9, and 10, Supreme Court Rules of Judicial Administration. … The Board of Judges or Judges giving preference to criminal cases in each County must adopt and uniformly follow local rules conforming with Rule 1 above, for the processing of criminal cases. … The Board of Judges of each County must adopt a Jury Plan governing the selection, management, assignment and time of jury service, file the same with the District Clerk and, when required, secure the approval of the Commissioner's Court. … The Board of Judges of each County must adopt a plan for judicial absences, vacation and educational events and a method of notifying the Regional Presiding Judge of the need for visiting judges. … 8.1 The Rules adopted by the several Counties within each Administrative Region must conform with the requirements of these Rules. … The Local Rules must be numbered to cover the same subject matter prescribed by the Rules, using a section numerical system and decimal subsection system in accordance with the following description of content. … Local Rules shall use a decimal system allowing for a larger group of special circumstances. … 8.2 8.3 Local Rules shall not be effective until approved by the Presiding Judge of the Region and Supreme Court of Texas. … The Board of Judges of each County must adopt as a part of the Local Rules a rule providing for regular meetings of the judges, committee assignments and other designation of duties necessary to the work of the Courts of the County as required by Chapter 5, Art. … If a county has adopted local rules to govern reassignment of cases after the voluntary recusal of a judge, the case must be reassigned in accordance with local rules. … If a county has no local rule to govern reassignment of cases after the voluntary recusal by a judge, the recusing judge or the county administrative judge must refer the case to the Presiding Judge of the Second Judicial Administrative Region for assignment to another judge. …
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 df607dd2c36a…) 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)).