Tex. Gov't Code § 74.045 · Subchapter C. ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL REGIONS
QUALIFICATIONS OF PRESIDING JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A presiding judge must be at the time of appointment:
(1) a regularly elected or retired district judge;
(2) a serving or retired business court judge;
(3) a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge or business court judge; or
(4) a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court.
(b) If the judge is retired, he must have voluntarily retired from office, must reside within the administrative region, and must have certified his willingness to serve.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Renumbered from Sec. 74.013 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 656, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 64, 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.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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