Tex. Gov't Code § 71.012 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The ex officio members are:
(1) the chief justice of the supreme court;
(2) the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals;
(3) two members of the senate, appointed by the lieutenant governor;
(4) the chair of the House Judicial Affairs Committee;
(5) one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house;
(6) two justices of the courts of appeals designated by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(7) two district judges designated by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(8) two judges of county courts, statutory county courts, or statutory probate courts designated by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(9) two justices of the peace designated by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(10) two municipal court judges designated by the chief justice of the supreme court; and
(11) the administrative presiding judge of the business court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.44(13), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1408, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1328, Sec. 2, eff. June 21, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.71.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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