Tex. Gov't Code § 54.1808 · Subchapter GG. MAGISTRATES FOR DRUG COURT PROGRAMS
ORDER OF REFERRAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To refer one or more cases to a drug court magistrate, a district judge or judge of a statutory county court with criminal jurisdiction must issue an order of referral specifying the magistrate's duties.
(b) An order of referral may:
(1) limit the powers of the magistrate and direct the magistrate to report on specific issues and perform particular acts;
(2) set the time and place for the hearing;
(3) provide a date for filing the magistrate's findings;
(4) designate proceedings for more than one case over which the magistrate shall preside; and
(5) set forth general powers and limitations of authority of the magistrate applicable to any case referred.
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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