Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0018 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RECORD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When a retired or former judge is appointed as a visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the administrative file as a part of the proceedings in the cause a record that gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:
(1) the judge of the court was disqualified, absent, or disabled to try the cause;
(2) the visiting judge was appointed; and
(3) the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly administered to the visiting judge and filed with the regional presiding judge.
(b) "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause number.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 782, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 960, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 469, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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.25.htm
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