Tex. Gov't Code § 25A.008 · Chapter 25A. BUSINESS COURT
QUALIFICATIONS OF JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A business court judge must:
(1) be at least 35 years of age;
(2) be a United States citizen;
(3) have been a resident of a county within the division of the business court to which the judge is appointed for at least five years before appointment; and
(4) be a licensed attorney in this state who has 10 or more years of experience in:
(A) practicing complex civil business litigation;
(B) practicing business transaction law;
(C) serving as a judge of a court in this state with civil jurisdiction; or
(D) any combination of experience described by Paragraphs (A)-(C).
(b) A business court judge may not have had the judge's license to practice law revoked, suspended, or subject to a probated suspension.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 380 (H.B. 19), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25A.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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