Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL LAW FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD
CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body shall by ordinance provide for the appointment of a clerk of the municipal courts of record. The municipal clerk shall keep the records of the municipal courts of record, issue process, and generally perform the duties that a clerk of a county court at law exercising criminal jurisdiction performs for that court. In addition, the clerk shall maintain an index of all court judgments in the same manner as county clerks are required by law to prepare for criminal cases arising in county courts.
(b) The governing body may provide deputy clerks, warrant officers, and other personnel as needed for the proper operation of the courts.
(c) The clerk and other court personnel perform their duties under the direction and control of the presiding judge.
(d) The governing body shall by ordinance provide for the hiring, direction, supervision, and removal of the personnel authorized in the annual budget for the clerk's office.
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. 30.488 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 30.00008 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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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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Cited by 27 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00009. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00044JUDGE.Printed as Sections 30.00007(b)(5) and 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00085CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00129COURT CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Section 30.00009
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00185CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00225CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00266CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00305CLERK.Printed as Section 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00345CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00385CLERK.Printed as Section 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00427CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00495CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00565CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00636CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00675CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Section 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00855CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00895CLERK.Printed as Sections 30.00009(a)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01015CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01055CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01098CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01135CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01148DISPOSITION ON APPEAL.Printed as Section 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01175CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01256CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01408CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Section 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01823CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Section 30.00009
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01894MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01903MUNICIPAL COURT DIRECTOR; OTHER PERSONNEL.Printed as Sections 30.00009(c)
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