Tex. Gov't Code § 76.0045 · Chapter 76. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS
JUDICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; IMMUNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for personnel decisions is limited to the appointment of a department director and a fiscal officer.
(b) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for budgetary decisions is limited to:
(1) appointment of a fiscal officer; and
(2) review of the department's budget following the division's approval of the budget.
(c) A judge described by Section 76.002 has judicial immunity in a suit arising from:
(1) the performance of a duty described by Section 76.002(a); or
(2) the appointment of a department director or a fiscal officer or an act or failure to act by a department employee or by a department director or fiscal officer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 255 (H.B. 1326), Sec. 4, eff. May 30, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 774 (S.B. 663), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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.76.htm
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