Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 151.004 · Chapter 151. TRIAL BY SPECIAL JUDGE
REFERRAL ORDER ENTERED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An order of referral must specify the issue referred and the name of the special judge. An order of referral may designate the time and place for trial and the time for filing of the special judge's report. The clerk of the court shall send a copy of the order to the special judge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 4.06(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.151.htm
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- sha256 97010751968d03dcf2f7e24edcb852fbce6bc7eccddd1ca4e8c3418794c6af32
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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