Tex. Gov't Code § 24.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SPECIAL JUDGE BY AGREEMENT OF PARTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the parties agree on a special judge for the trial of a particular case, the clerk shall enter in the minutes of the court, as a part of the proceedings in the case, a record showing:
(1) that the judge of the court is disqualified to try the case;
(2) the name of the special judge and that the parties agreed on the selection of that judge for the trial of the case; and
(3) that the oath prescribed by law was administered to the special judge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.24.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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