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The shared local rules of the 21st and 335th District Courts of Bastrop, Burleson, Lee and Washington Counties (Bastrop additionally hosts the 423rd and 465th), revised January 2025 and effective February 13, 2025, as registered for Washington County: attorney conduct and courtroom decorum (rise to address the court, no ex parte case discussion with the press or outside opposing counsel); recording/broadcasting of proceedings prohibited without prior court permission; withdrawal of counsel only by motion with the client's last-known address/email and, if without consent, certified-mail/email notice (a hearing required in criminal cases); attorney vacation letters up to four consecutive weeks on 90 days' notice; conflicting-settings priority (juvenile, criminal, statutory-preference, preferentially-set, lowest cause number, earliest setting request) with a duty to notify all courts; mandatory e-filing (TRCP 21/21c sensitive data); the Local Administrative District Judge elected annually by the four counties' district judges (Gov't Code 74.091, TRJA 9); bench/case exchange to accommodate dockets; interpreter advance notice; adoption of the Second Administrative Judicial Region's Rules of Administration (which prevail on conflict); CIVIL — rotating filing between the courts, time standards (jury 18 months, non-jury 12 months from appearance), submission-for-ruling on 10 days' notice, setting-request mechanics, jury demand and fee within 10 days of the bench-trial setting notice, no reset except by Rule 11 agreement/court-approved agreement/granted continuance (trial settings never passed by counsel agreement alone), annual dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution docket (TRCP 165a), Rule 166 pretrial/scheduling conferences with the proposed charge/witness/exhibit lists due noon the Friday before jury week, order-submission mechanics (same-day duplicate to opponents, 10-day objection window, dismissal-with-prejudice if no proposed order within 14+7 days), ADR/mediation encouraged (Ch. 154), and telephone/video hearings for non-evidentiary matters by advance arrangement; FAMILY — six/three-month contested/uncontested time standards, sworn inventories within 75 days in property-division cases, child-support per the Supreme Court guidelines, a mandatory 4-hour Parent Education and Family Stabilization course before a final-hearing setting, and the county Standing Order Regarding Children, Property and Conduct applying to every divorce/SAPCR/modification; CRIMINAL — adoption of the Texas Fair Defense Act local rules (appointed-counsel fee schedule $100-$250/hour or fixed $700 plea / $600-per-day trial), case-flow scheduling with bond forfeiture for a signed-reset no-show, 9:00 a.m. docket call with the State announcing ready, pleas at any docket call, and CCP art. 28.01 pretrial practice.
Texas > Washington County > the 21st and 335th District Courts (a single shared instrument of the 21st and 335th District Courts serving Bastrop, Burleson, Lee and Washington, plus Bastrop's 423rd and 465th; each county registers its own edition). Operates under and yields to the Second Administrative Judicial Region's Rules of Administration.
Reviewer note: Shared multi-county instrument; the full 22-page text read verbatim from the Bastrop edition (TOPICs doc 2214) and quoted for operative provisions. This Washington row cites that county's own registration (doc 2249); Burleson/Lee/Washington editions name the 21st/335th only, Bastrop's adds the 423rd/465th. Composed benchpath-ajr2-quad.
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)).
RULE 1 (General): 1.18 "The taking of photographs, the making of video recordings, and the making of audio recordings (digital or otherwise), are prohibited, unless prior permission is granted by the Court. The broadcasting of any judicial proceeding... is prohibited, unless prior permission is granted by the Court." 1.20 no withdrawal "without presenting a Motion to Withdraw and obtaining from the Court an order granting leave... unless it includes a certificate of the client's last known address and email address." 1.21 vacation "not to exceed four (4) consecutive weeks... not less than ninety (90) days prior." 1.22 conflicting-settings priority: "juvenile cases; criminal cases; cases given preference by statute; preferentially set cases; cases with the lowest cause number; and then cases with the earliest setting request date." 1.25 "Attorneys must use the electronic filing system." RULE 5: the courts "adopt the Rules of Administration for the Second Administrative Judicial Region... If these local Rules conflict with the Rules of Administration for the Second Administrative Judicial Region, then the Rules of Administration for the Second Administrative Judicial Region will prevail." RULE 6 (Civil): 6.11 time standards "a. Civil jury cases - within 18 months from appearance date. b. Civil non-jury cases - within 12 months from appearance date." 6.12 submission-for-ruling notice "at least ten (10) days after service." 6.17 jury fee "not later than ten (10) calendar days after the date the Notice of Setting for bench trial is mailed or emailed." 6.18 "All cases set for trial, whether jury or non-jury may not be passed by agreement of counsel. Such cases may only be reset upon the granting by the Court of a Motion for Continuance..." 6.25 "Counsel... will submit a proposed Charge of the Court, Witness List, and List of Exhibits to the Court no later than noon on the Friday prior to the jury week." 6.30 no proposed order within 14 days + 7-day notice -> "the Court may sign an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice." RULE 7 (Family): 7.16 sworn inventories "within seventy-five (75) days of the date that the suit is filed." 7.18 "both Petitioner and Respondent shall attend an online or in-person Parent Education and Family Stabilization course of not less than four (4) hours prior to obtaining a setting on a final hearing." 7.19 the Standing Order Regarding Children, Property and Conduct "applies to every divorce suit, every suit affecting the parent-child relationship, and every modification suit." RULE 8 (Criminal): 8.10 Fair Defense Act fee schedule "A minimum of $100 an hour and a maximum of $250 an hour, or a total fixed fee... (1) Case which results in a plea of guilty: $700 (2) Case which results in a trial: $600 per day." 8.13 a signed Case Reset Form no-show "shall have his/her bond forfeited." 8.14 "Docket call shall begin promptly at 9:00 a.m...." Adopted under Gov't Code 74.093, TRCP 3a, TRJA 9-10, and the Second AJR Regional Rules; signed and entered January 10, 2025, effective February 13, 2025.
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)).