Tex. Gov't Code § 26.009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LOCATION OF PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 17, eff. June 7, 2019.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 26.002(c), if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes the county court from conducting its proceedings at the county seat, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the judge of the affected county court, may designate for the proceedings an alternate location:
(1) in the county; or
(2) outside the county at the location the presiding judge determines is closest in proximity to the county seat that allows the court to safely and practicably conduct its proceedings, provided the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the designated location approves if that presiding judge is not the presiding judge making the designation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (H.B. 2766), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 11, eff. June 7, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 17, eff. June 7, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.26.htm
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