Tex. Gov't Code § 54.996 · Subchapter R. CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATES IN WEBB COUNTY
POWERS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A judge may refer to a magistrate any criminal case for proceedings involving:
(1) issuance of search warrants;
(2) setting of bonds;
(3) arraignment of defendants; and
(4) any other matter that is subject to the review of the judge.
(b) A magistrate may not preside over a contested trial on the merits, regardless of whether the trial is before a jury.
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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- 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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