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The Trinity County justice courts’ rules of judicial administration (Gov’t Code § 27.061, four JP courts): general information (each court may adopt non-conflicting rules; the rules do not supersede statute or the Code of Judicial Conduct); organization into four precincts each with its own clerks; hours/places for holding court (each JP sets expedient times; remote participation allowed or required as authorized by statute, rule, or Supreme Court order); and civil disposition time standards (jury cases within 18 months of the answer date, non-jury cases within a shorter period), plus the JP courts’ disposition practice.
Texas > Trinity County > all four Justice of the Peace precincts.
1.1 "These rules are promulgated pursuant to Section 27.061 of the Texas Government Code." 1.2 objective: "the fair, impartial and prompt disposition of matters before the justice courts of Trinity County." 1.3 "Each court may adopt such other rules not in conflict with these rules of administration, Trinity County policy, state laws, or federal laws..." 1.4 "These rules do not supersede statutory requirements, and all justices of the peace shall follow statutory laws as well as the Code of Judicial Conduct." 2.1 "There are four justice of the peace courts in Trinity County. Each court has a specific geographical area of jurisdiction." 3.1 "Court shall be held at such times as may be determined expedient by the justice of the peace of each court." 3.3 "A justice court may allow or require all persons to participate in proceedings remotely, as authorized by statute, rule, or order of the Texas Supreme Court." 4.1 "Each justice of the peace should set the docket to ensure civil jury cases are concluded within eighteen (18) months from answer date, and civil non-jury cases" within the shorter standard.
Reviewer note: Image-only registration (3 pages) read through the vision lane; general/organization/hours/disposition provisions quoted verbatim. Composed benchpath-ajr2-trio.
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)).