Tex. Gov't Code § 54.995 · Subchapter R. CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATES IN WEBB COUNTY
ORDER OF REFERRAL.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To refer one or more criminal cases to a magistrate, a judge must issue an order specifying the magistrate's duties.
(b) An order of referral may set forth general powers and limitations of authority of the magistrate that apply to any case referred.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 577, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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