Tex. Fam. Code § 201.003 · Subchapter A. ASSOCIATE JUDGE
COMPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An associate judge shall be paid a salary determined by the commissioners court of the county in which the associate judge serves.
(b) If an associate judge serves in more than one county, the associate judge shall be paid a salary as determined by agreement of the commissioners courts of the counties in which the associate judge serves.
(c) The associate judge's salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.
(d) This section does not apply to an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B or C.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.201.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 00ff6270b2655b52bb66a8a25eabb8ef82a545e8585983f8dcd9e29958f5bbdb
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.