Tex. Gov't Code § 27.054 · Subchapter C. CONDUCTING COURT AND INQUESTS
EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A justice of the peace may hold court for any other justice in any county at the request of that justice.
(b) The justices of any county may exchange benches for a period not to exceed five days if they consider it expedient.
(c) A justice who exchanges benches with another justice is not entitled to receive compensation from the commissioners court of the county in which the regular justice serves.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 3441), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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.27.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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