Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.051 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION FOR INTERCEPTION ORDER
JUDGE OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this chapter, a judge of competent jurisdiction is a judge from the panel of nine active district judges with criminal jurisdiction who is appointed by the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals under this article.
(b) The presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, by order filed with the clerk of that court, shall appoint one district judge from each of the administrative judicial regions of this state to serve at the presiding judge's pleasure as the judge of competent jurisdiction in that administrative judicial region.
(c) The presiding judge shall fill vacancies as those vacancies occur in the same manner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.18A.htm
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