Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2816 · Subchapter SS. DENTON COUNTY CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT
EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The judges of the criminal law magistrate court may exchange benches and may sit and act for each other in any proceeding pending in the criminal law magistrate court.
(b) When conducting a capias pro fine hearing for any court, the criminal law magistrate court acts in the same capacity and with the same authority as the judge who issued the capias pro fine.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 4.006, eff. September 1, 2023.
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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