Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2505 · Subchapter PP. BRAZORIA COUNTY CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT
TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or local administrative rules, the local administrative judge or a judge of the criminal law magistrate court may transfer between courts a case that is pending in the court of any magistrate in the criminal law magistrate court's jurisdiction if the case is:
(1) an unindicted felony case;
(2) a Class A or Class B misdemeanor case if an information has not been filed; or
(3) a Class C misdemeanor case.
(b) A case may not be transferred from or to the magistrate docket of a district court judge, county court at law judge, or justice of the peace without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or local administrative rules, the local administrative judge may assign a judge of the criminal law magistrate court to act as presiding judge in a case that is pending in the court of any magistrate in the criminal law magistrate court's jurisdiction if the case is:
(1) an unindicted felony case;
(2) a Class A or Class B misdemeanor case if an information has not been filed; or
(3) a Class C misdemeanor case.
(d) A case may not be assigned to a district court judge, county court at law judge, or justice of the peace without the assigned judge's consent.
(e) This section applies only to the district courts, county courts at law, and justice courts in the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 5.03, eff. September 1, 2021.
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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