Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0016 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TERMS OF COURT; TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court, by order, shall set at least two terms a year for the statutory county court.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a statutory county court from holding its terms in accordance with the order of the commissioners court, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the judge of the affected statutory county court, may designate the terms and sessions of court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 4.07(a), eff. January 1, 2012.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 5, eff. June 7, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25.htm
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