Tex. Gov't Code § 54.1803 · Subchapter GG. MAGISTRATES FOR DRUG COURT PROGRAMS
APPOINTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The judges of the district courts of a county hearing criminal cases and the judges of the statutory county courts with criminal jurisdiction in a county, with the consent and approval of the commissioners court of the county, may appoint the number of magistrates set by the commissioners court to perform the duties associated with the administration of drug courts as authorized by this subchapter.
(b) Each magistrate's appointment must be made with the approval of the majority of the district court or statutory county court judges described in Subsection (a), as applicable.
(c) A magistrate appointed under this section serves at the will of a majority of the appointing judges.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 625 (H.B. 530), Sec. 9, eff. June 15, 2007.
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.54.htm
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