Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
VACANCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of each county shall appoint a person to fill a vacancy in the office of judge of a statutory county court.
(b) The appointee holds office until the next general election and until the successor is elected and has qualified.
(c) This section applies to a vacancy existing on creation of the office of judge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 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.25.htm
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- sha256 ad407f392997d815f13f54669dafed1f551b90e844cedd0bef2d1bad43942932
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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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