Tex. Gov't Code § 54.758 · Subchapter J. EL PASO CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT
MAGISTRATES MAY BE APPOINTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any magistrate in El Paso County may be appointed as a judge of the criminal law magistrate court or as a family law master, or both, and continue as a judge or justice of another court.
(b) A magistrate may not be appointed under Subsection (a) unless the magistrate agrees to the appointment.
(c) A magistrate appointed under Subsection (a) is not entitled to receive additional compensation unless the commissioners court provides additional compensation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.32(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54.htm
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