Tex. Gov't Code § 22A.005 · Chapter 22A. SPECIAL THREE-JUDGE DISTRICT COURT
ACTIONS BY JUDGE OR JUSTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) With the unanimous consent of the three judges sitting on a special three-judge district court, a judge or justice of the court may:
(1) independently conduct pretrial proceedings; and
(2) enter interlocutory orders before trial.
(b) A judge or justice of a special three-judge district court may not independently enter a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or any order that finally disposes of a claim before the court.
(c) Any independent action taken by one judge or justice of a special three-judge district court related to a claim before the court may be reviewed by the entire court at any time before final judgment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 186 (S.B. 455), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.22A.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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