Tex. Gov't Code § 54.1853 · Subchapter HH. BRAZORIA COUNTY CRIMINAL MAGISTRATES
POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Commissioners Court of Brazoria County shall establish the powers and duties of a magistrate appointed under this subchapter. Except as otherwise provided by the commissioners court, a magistrate has the powers of a magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure and other laws of this state and may administer an oath for any purpose.
(b) A magistrate shall give preference to performing the duties of a magistrate under Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) The commissioners court may designate one or more magistrates to hold regular hearings to:
(1) give admonishments;
(2) set and review bail and conditions of release;
(3) appoint legal counsel; and
(4) determine other routine matters relating to preindictment or pending cases within those courts' jurisdiction.
(d) In the hearings provided under Subsection (c), a magistrate shall give preference to the case of an individual held in county jail.
(e) A magistrate may inquire into a defendant's intended plea to the charge and set the case for an appropriate hearing before a judge or master.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 646 (H.B. 1750), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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