Tex. Gov't Code § 54A.007 · Subchapter A. CRIMINAL ASSOCIATE JUDGES
ORDER OF REFERRAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To refer one or more cases to an associate judge, a judge must issue a written order of referral that specifies the associate judge's duties.
(b) An order of referral may:
(1) limit the powers of the associate judge and direct the associate judge to report only on specific issues, do particular acts, or receive and report on evidence only;
(2) set the time and place for the hearing;
(3) prescribe a closing date for the hearing;
(4) provide a date for filing the associate judge's findings;
(5) designate proceedings for more than one case over which the associate judge shall preside;
(6) direct the associate judge to call the court's docket; and
(7) set forth general powers and limitations or authority of the associate judge applicable to any case referred.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.01, eff. January 1, 2012.
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.54A.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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