Tex. Gov't Code § 24.172 · Subchapter B. CERTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
70TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ECTOR COUNTY).
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The 70th Judicial District is composed of Ector County.
(b) The terms of the 70th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July.
(c) The judges of the 70th and 118th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. The judges, by agreement, shall take their vacations alternately so that a judge is present in one of the courts at all times.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.
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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