Tex. Gov't Code § 432.031 · Subchapter D. COURTS-MARTIAL
COURTS-MARTIAL CLASSIFIED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The three kinds of courts-martial in each of the state military forces are:
(1) general court-martial, consisting of:
(A) a military judge and not fewer than five members; or
(B) only a military judge, if before the court is assembled the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves;
(2) special court-martial, consisting of:
(A) a military judge and not fewer than three members; or
(B) only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in Subdivision (1)(B) requests; and
(3) summary court-martial, consisting of one officer, who must be a military judge or an attorney licensed to practice law in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 2417), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
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.432.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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