Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 292.0025 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
FACILITIES OUTSIDE COUNTY SEAT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a county that has a population of 18,000 or less.
(b) The commissioners court of a county may provide an auxiliary court, office building, or jail facility at a location in the county and within five miles of the boundaries of the county seat in the same manner that is applicable to a court, building, or facility at the county seat. The commissioners court may provide for the building or facility through the issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness as provided under Section 292.002 and may provide office space in the building or facility for any county or precinct office.
(c) The auxiliary court may be used for the holding of court proceedings, including district court proceedings. For the purpose of the court proceedings, the commissioners court may designate the location of the auxiliary court as an auxiliary county seat.
(d) The records of a county officer who is provided space at a court, building, or facility under this section and the records of the auxiliary court may be kept at the court, building, or facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 169, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2003.
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