Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SPECIAL DOCKETING PROCEDURES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The attorney general or local prosecutor may file with the clerk of the district court in which an action is brought under this chapter a certificate stating that the case is of special public importance. The clerk must immediately furnish a copy of the certificate to the administrative judge of the district court of the county in which the action is pending. On receiving the copy of the certificate, the administrative judge shall immediately designate a judge to hear and determine the action. The designated judge shall promptly assign the action for hearing, participate in hearings, make determinations, and cause the action to be expedited.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140B.htm
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