Tex. Gov't Code § 121.003 · Chapter 121. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDING JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE FOR REGIONAL SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A judge or magistrate of a district court or statutory county court who is authorized by law to hear criminal cases may be appointed to preside over a regional specialty court program recognized under this subtitle only if:
(1) the local administrative district and statutory county court judges of each county participating in the program approve the appointment by majority vote or another approval method selected by the judges; and
(2) the presiding judges of each of the administrative judicial regions in which the participating counties are located sign an order granting the appointment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 12.01, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.121.htm
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- 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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