Tex. Gov't Code § 24.220 · Subchapter B. CERTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
118TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GLASSCOCK, HOWARD, AND MARTIN COUNTIES).
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The 118th Judicial District is composed of Glasscock, Howard, and Martin counties.
(b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Glasscock County has the civil jurisdiction of a county court.
(c) The terms of the 118th District Court begin:
(1) in Glasscock County on the first Mondays in February and September;
(2) in Howard County on the fourth Mondays in January, June, August, and October; and
(3) in Martin County on the first Mondays in January, June, and October.
(d) 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.
Source of truth
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- 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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