Tex. Gov't Code § 26.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TERMS; TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) By order entered on its records, the commissioners court subject to Subsection (b-1) may fix the number of court terms, may set the times at which the terms shall be held, including the four terms required by the constitution, and may set the length of each term.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the court must be open at all times for the transaction of probate business.
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a 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 county judge, may designate the terms and sessions of court.
(c) All terms of court must be held at the county seat.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 9, eff. June 7, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 10, eff. June 7, 2019.
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- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.009LOCATION OF PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.Printed as Section 26.002(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.103ANGELINA COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.116BLANCO COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.122BREWSTER COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.135CASTRO COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.164DIMMIT COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.169EDWARDS COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.180FRANKLIN COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.186GILLESPIE COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.192GREGG COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.200HARDIN COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.218IRION COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.223JEFFERSON COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.233KERR COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.241LAMPASAS COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.261MATAGORDA COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.264MENARD COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.280OLDHAM COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.302SABINE COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.317STONEWALL COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.328TRINITY COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
- Tex. Gov't Code § 26.353ZAPATA COUNTY.Printed as Section 26.002
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