Tex. Gov't Code § 74.056 · Subchapter C. ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL REGIONS
ASSIGNMENT BY PRESIDING JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A presiding judge from time to time shall assign the judges of the administrative region to hold special or regular terms of court in any county of the administrative region to try cases and dispose of accumulated business.
(b) The presiding judge of one administrative region may request the presiding judge of another administrative region to furnish judges to aid in the disposition of litigation pending in a county in the administrative region of the presiding judge who makes the request.
(c) The presiding judge of an administrative region may appoint a judge in the region to serve as acting presiding judge in the absence of the presiding judge. An acting presiding judge has all the rights, duties, and powers of the presiding judge.
(d) In addition to an assignment under Sections 74.003, 75.002, and 75.003, the chief justice of the supreme court may assign a retiree or a former judge whose last judicial office before retirement was justice or judge of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals to the administrative judicial region in which the retiree or former judge resides for reassignment by the presiding judge of that region to a district or statutory county court in the region. The reassignment by a presiding judge is subject to the requirements of Section 74.055. The assignment of a retiree or former judge by the chief justice to the administrative region continues only during the period for which the retiree or former judge has certified a willingness to serve under Section 74.0551.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Renumbered from Sec. 74.033 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 674, Sec. 2.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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.74.htm
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BenchPath cards that rely on this text
- Eleventh Administrative Judicial Region of Texas — Regional Rules of Administration
- Sixth Administrative Judicial Region — Rules of Administration and Procedure (SCOTX Misc. Docket No. 17-9016)
- First Administrative Judicial Region — Rules of Administration and Procedure (SCOTX Misc. Docket No. 17-9015)
- Tenth (10th) Administrative Judicial Region — 10th AJR Local Rules
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Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 74.003ASSIGNMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES FOR APPELLATE COURTS.Printed as Sections 74.003, 75.002, and 75.003
- Tex. Gov't Code § 74.055LIST OF RETIRED AND FORMER JUDGES SUBJECT TO ASSIGNMENT.Printed as Section 74.055
- Tex. Gov't Code § 74.0551CERTIFICATION OF WILLINGNESS NOT TO APPEAR AND PLEAD AS AN ATTORNEY.Printed as Section 74.0551
- Tex. Gov't Code § 75.002ASSIGNMENT OF RETIREE AS JUDICIAL OFFICER.Printed as Sections 74.003, 75.002, and 75.003
- Tex. Gov't Code § 75.003ASSIGNMENT OF FORMER APPELLATE JUDGE.Printed as Sections 74.003, 75.002, and 75.003
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