Tex. Gov't Code § 74.022 · Subchapter B. SUPREME COURT
CHANGES IN NUMBER OF COURTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The supreme court shall assess the need for adding, consolidating, eliminating, or reallocating existing appellate courts.
(b) The supreme court shall promulgate rules, regulations, and criteria to be used in assessing those needs.
(c) The supreme court shall recommend to the regular session of the legislature convening in the third year following the year in which the federal decennial census is taken any needed changes in the number or allocation of those courts.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 639, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.74.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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