Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL LAW FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD
CREATION OF MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body may by ordinance create a municipal court of record if the governing body determines that the creation of the court is necessary to provide a more efficient disposition of the cases arising in the municipality.
(b) The ordinance may establish as many municipal courts of record as needed as determined by the governing body.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the ordinance shall give each court a numerical designation, beginning with "Municipal Court of Record No. 1."
(d) If a municipality has a unified court of record, that court shall be the "Municipal Court of Record in the City of (name of municipality)" and the municipality may establish by ordinance divisions, beginning with "Division No. 1."
(e) A municipal court of record may not exist concurrently with a municipal court that is not a municipal court of record in the municipality.
(f) A municipal court of record has no terms and may sit for any time for the transaction of business of the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 811, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 30.483 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm
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