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7(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1995. 1189), Sec. COURT OFFICIALS, PERSONNEL, AND FACILITIES. 1, eff. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. Sec. 24.954. Sec. 416TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). (a) A family district court has the jurisdiction and power provided for district courts by the constitution and laws of this state. January 1, 2012. 24.393. 1951), Sec. The 407th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 2(b), eff. Sec. On return of the process the judge of either court may preside over the hearing or trial. Sept. 1, 2003. The 415th Judicial District is composed of Parker County. (a) The 402nd Judicial District is composed of Wood County. 24.431. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (c) The terms of the 53rd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, and October. (3) the obligees in all appearance bonds and recognizances taken in and for the district court and the witnesses summoned to appear before the district court under the prior law are required to appear at the next term of the court as fixed by the amended law. (b) The 371st District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. 382ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ROCKWALL COUNTY). September 1, 2005. The 284th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. (b) The jurisdiction of the 424th District Court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the 33rd District Court. 3 is composed of Tarrant County. September 1, 2009. 2, eff. The 158th Judicial District is composed of Denton County. 3, eff. January 1, 2012. (c) Section 24.267, relating to the 174th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 177th District Court. Sec. September 1, 2005. September 1, 2007. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The 247th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. (b) The terms of the 109th District Court begin: (1) in Andrews County on the second Monday in January and the first Monday in July; (2) in Crane County on the first Mondays in February and August; and. Sec. 148, Sec. (c) If the office of district attorney is authorized by law in or for a judicial district, a reapportionment under this subchapter does not change the county or counties included in the district for purposes of election, functions, duties, and authority of the district attorney, his assistants, and their successors in office. Sec. Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (a) The 22nd Judicial District is composed of Caldwell, Comal, and Hays counties. (a) The 195th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. (c) The district courts in Bexar County have concurrent jurisdiction. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 24.010. A redistricting plan may not be proposed or adopted by the legislature, the Judicial Districts Board, or the Legislative Redistricting Board in anticipation of a future action by the voters of any county. (b) The terms of the 140th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 2.27(a), eff. (c) The 49th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the other district courts in Webb County. (a) The 449th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. (c) The terms of the 22nd District Court begin: (1) in Caldwell County on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and December; (2) in Comal County on the first Mondays in April, July, October, and January; and. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. 24.534. 159TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANGELINA COUNTY). EQUALIZATION OF DOCKETS. Sept. 1, 1997. Any of the judges may hear and determine any part or question of any case or proceeding pending in any of the courts, and any other of the judges may complete the hearing and render judgment in the proceeding. (i) Subject to any jurisdictional limitations, the district court designated under Subsection (h) as the domestic violence district court shall give preference to domestic violence cases, including cases involving: (1) dating violence, as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code; and. If the Judicial Districts Board fails to make a statewide apportionment by that date, the Legislative Redistricting Board established by Article III, Section 28, of the Texas Constitution shall make a statewide reapportionment of the judicial districts not later than the 150th day after the final day for the Judicial Districts Board to make the reapportionment, and that apportionment takes effect as provided by Sections 24.948 and 24.949. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1951), Sec. 31ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAY, HEMPHILL, LIPSCOMB, ROBERTS, AND WHEELER COUNTIES). Sec. January 1, 2015. Sec. 1124, Sec. (a) The 225th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. The 434th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. The district judge of any district listed in this subchapter is a member of the juvenile board in each county within his district in which a juvenile board exists. 24.558. (a) The 118th Judicial District is composed of Glasscock, Howard, and Martin counties. June 15, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1985. 855 (H.B. 480, Sec. 4415 (Metro) lgrubbs@collincountytx.gov. 97TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ARCHER, CLAY, AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES). 3153), Sec. January 1, 2012. (b) The 351st District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. Sec. (a) The 208th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 24.137. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 346TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). 429TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). 180TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 355), Sec. (e) All contested divorce cases, all default judgments, and all cases in which any of the parties are cited by publication must be tried in the county in which the case is filed unless other law authorizes the case to be tried in another county. 1139), Sec. 1048), Sec. (b) The terms of the 32nd District Court in each county in the district begin on the first Mondays in January, May, and September. 24.367. 1, eff. (a) The 356th Judicial District is composed of Hardin County. 1352 (S.B. The 442nd Judicial District is composed of Denton County. (b) The 291st District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. 1146, Sec. The district court may hear and determine: (1) motions against sheriffs and other officers of the court for failure to pay over money collected under the process of the court or other defalcation of duty in connection with the process; and. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. (b) The terms of the criminal district court no. 1182 (S.B. CASES TRANSFERRED. (b) The 265th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. 383RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). (c) A grand jury may not be impaneled in the 89th District Court unless the judge of that court calls for a grand jury by special order on the minutes of the court. 461ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). 24.126. Sec. Sec. 24.546. 370TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (d) The terms of the 5th District Court begin: (1) in Bowie County on the first Mondays in January and July; and. September 1, 2018. Sec. 24.547. (a) The 339th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 4, eff. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. To the extent that this subchapter is inconsistent with those provisions, Section 24.139 prevails. Sec. 704, Sec. LOCATION OF COURT. 17, eff. The 201st Judicial District is composed of Travis County. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. The judges may try different cases filed in the same court at the same time, and each may occupy his own courtroom or the room of any other court. Sept. 1, 1985. 148, Sec. 24.625. (b) The 257th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. (d) The judge may, in any county in the 47th Judicial District: (1) hear and determine all preliminary and interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded, regardless of whether the case is filed in the county in which the hearing is held; and. 1.08(a), eff. 855 (H.B. Sec. 1337, Sec. September 1, 2009. 24.120. 24.60097. 24.353. 24.403. 24.569. 1082 (H.B. 24.425. 1, eff. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. Jan. 1, 1997. (a) The 169th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. 9(b), eff. Sec. Sec. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 436TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (c) In Red River County, the 6th Judicial District has concurrent jurisdiction with the 102nd Judicial District. 1, eff. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. OTHER JURISDICTION. (b) In addition to the jurisdiction prescribed by the constitution and general laws of the state for district courts, the 259th District Court in Jones and Shackelford counties has all original and appellate civil and criminal jurisdiction normally exercised by county courts under the constitution and general laws of this state. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Dallas County. Sec. 24.131. Sec. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 49th District Court has the civil and criminal jurisdiction of a county court. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. (4) in Sherman County on the 14th Monday after the second Mondays in January and July. Sept. 1, 1985. 24.586. Sec. (b) The terms of the 340th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March and September. 24.624. (c) In Camp and Morris counties, the 76th District Court and the county court have concurrent jurisdiction over all original and appellate criminal matters over which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. Sec. (b) The 233rd District Court shall give preference to family law matters. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. 17, eff. 24.913. 24.616. (a) The 145th Judicial District is composed of Nacogdoches County. (b) The terms of the 4th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 172ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY). Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. (a) The 279th Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. The terms of the district court of a judicial district affected by reapportionment under this subchapter shall be the terms provided by the board in the reapportionment order affecting the judicial district. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 11, eff. 24.012. The judge's sworn account must show the number of days that he served as the special judge. 2.15(a), eff. 11(a), eff. The 307th Judicial District is composed of Gregg County. If a judge of one of the courts is disqualified, he may transfer the case or proceeding from his court to one of the other courts. Sept. 1, 1999. GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 24. DISTRICT COURTS - Texas 1575), Sec. (a) The 9th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. 4 OF TARRANT COUNTY. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. (b) The 187th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. September 1, 2015. (c) The terms of the 297th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. Sept. 1, 1985. (2) outside the judicial district at the location the presiding judge determines is closest in proximity to the county seat that allows the court to safely and practicably conduct its proceedings, provided the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the designated location approves if that presiding judge is not the presiding judge making the designation. 1. Sept. 1, 1999. Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. 311TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 135th District Court in each county of the district begin on the first Mondays in January and July. (a) The 393rd Judicial District is composed of Denton County. Sec. (d) The terms of the criminal district courts begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. September 1, 2009. 2.01(a), eff. 635, Sec. 2.04(a), eff. (a) The 332nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. January 1, 2010. JURISDICTION. 24.146. 24.578. Sec. (c) Section 24.130, relating to the 28th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 94th District Court. 24.026. 3153), Sec. (k) The designated domestic violence district court shall: (1) provide timely and efficient access to emergency protective orders and other court remedies for persons the court determines are victims of domestic violence; (2) integrate victims' services for persons the court determines are victims of domestic violence who have a case before the court; and. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1997. (3) sign all necessary orders and judgments in those matters. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 24.482. Article V, Section 8 of the Texas Constitution extends a district court's potential jurisdiction to "all actions" but makes such jurisdiction relative by excluding any matters in which exclusive, appellate, or original jurisdiction is conferred by law upon some other court. (b) The 418th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. CHAPTER 4. COURTS AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION - Texas 456TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GUADALUPE COUNTY). Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. Sec. DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 24.442. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 24.476. (b) Section 24.138, relating to the 36th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 343rd District Court. 123RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (PANOLA AND SHELBY COUNTIES). Sept. 1, 1985. 606 (S.B. Sec. (b) The terms of the 16th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July of each year. Sec. (a) The 42nd Judicial District is composed of Callahan, Coleman, and Taylor counties. 1, eff. (b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 57th District Court. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (A) divorce, as provided by Chapter 3, Family Code; (B) dependent and delinquent children, as provided by Section 23.001, by the Family Code, and by Title 43, Revised Statutes; (C) adoption, as provided by the Family Code; and. Sec. 959 (H.B. Sec. 1342 (S.B. 24.426. Sec. 318TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MIDLAND COUNTY). Sec. (b) The 224th District Court shall give preference to civil cases. 2, eff. (a) After the effective date of a reapportionment order, the judicial districts affected by the order contain only the counties designated for the judicial districts in the reapportionment order, and the district courts shall have and exercise jurisdiction coextensive with the newly defined limits of the judicial districts in all actions, proceedings, matters, and causes of which district courts have jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of the state. 24.003. 349), Sec. (d) Section 24.153, relating to the 51st District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 391st District Court. 3, eff. 7, eff. Sec. 412TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). (a) The 203rd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1951), Sec. 480, Sec. (g) The Commissioners Court of Bowie County may provide suitable quarters for the 5th and 102nd district courts in Texarkana or may make an agreement with the City of Texarkana to provide quarters. 430TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 541 (S.B. (c) Section 24.155, relating to the 53rd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 98th District Court. 1059 (H.B. 79), Sec. 480, Sec. The 331st Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 366TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1985. 4, eff. (d) Section 24.153, relating to the 51st District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 340th District Court. 934 (H.B. (a) The 109th Judicial District is composed of Andrews, Crane, and Winkler counties. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 113th District Court. (a) The 89th Judicial District is composed of Wichita County. 1, eff. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1.05(a), eff. 1081 (H.B. 117TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NUECES COUNTY). September 1, 2011. (3) in Hays County on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and November. Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster . (3) in Wilbarger County on the first Monday in January and the 11th, 22nd, and 41st Mondays after the first Monday in January. To the extent that this subchapter is inconsistent with those provisions, Section 24.139 prevails. 1, eff. (a) The 384th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. (a) The 411th Judicial District is composed of Polk, San Jacinto, and Trinity counties. (b) The 148th District Court shall give first preference to family law matters and second preference to criminal cases. Sec. (b) The 471st District Court shall give preference to civil matters. The 506th Judicial District is composed of Grimes and Waller Counties. RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR REAPPORTIONMENT. The judges of the courts may, in their discretion, exchange benches or districts from time to time. 606 (S.B. (a) The 390th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. Sec. (b) The terms of the 253rd District Court begin in Liberty County on the first Mondays in April and October and in Chambers County on the first Mondays in June and December. Any judicial reapportionment order adopted by the board must be approved by a record vote of the majority of the membership of both the senate and house of representatives before the order can become effective and binding. 24.470. 1, 2, and 3. (b) The 461st District Court shall give preference to family law matters. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. (a) The 18th Judicial District is composed of Johnson and Somervell counties. (b) The terms of the 95th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and December. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. (3) in Martin County on the first Mondays in January, June, and October. 403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). 2.03(a), eff. 24.944. 24.510. (2) in Shelby County on the first Mondays in March, July, and November. 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (c) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 214th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Nueces County to receive a guilty plea in a misdemeanor case pending in a county court at law in Nueces County and dispose of the case, regardless of whether the case is transferred to the district court. 1189), Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. During each term of court in Bowie County, the court may sit in Texarkana to try, hear, and determine any civil nonjury case, may hear and determine motions, agreements, and other nonjury civil matters that come before the court, and may hear and determine any criminal nonjury matters, including pleas of guilty, both felony and misdemeanor, when a jury has been waived. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. The 196th Judicial District is composed of Hunt County. 24.516. 236TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). Sec. (d) The judge of the 62nd District Court is not required to impanel a grand jury in that court in any county of the district unless the judge considers it necessary. Sec. In a county with two or more district courts, the district judges may adopt rules governing the filing and numbering of cases, the assignment of cases for trial, and the distribution of the work of the courts as in their discretion they consider necessary or desirable for the orderly dispatch of the business of the courts. 90TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (STEPHENS AND YOUNG COUNTIES). 161ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ECTOR COUNTY). If the clerk decides to consolidate the minutes, each judge may accept responsibility for the proceedings held before him by signing at the end of the minutes or at the end of the volume. The 401st Judicial District is composed of Collin County. Sec. (h) The judges of the district courts listed in Subsection (g) by agreement shall designate one of the listed district courts as the domestic violence district court for Harris County. 24.114. 24.205. 1103 (H.B. 24.171. (b) The terms of the 48th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and November. 2.14(a), eff. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. Sec. The 474th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County. (4) in Lavaca County on the first Mondays in January and June. 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1139), Sec. 3153), Sec. (b) The 289th District Court shall give primary preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code, and secondary preference to criminal cases. Sec. (a) The 122nd Judicial District is composed of Galveston County. 5. 457, Sec. Sec. The 249th Judicial District is composed of Johnson and Somervell counties. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. (3) inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the judge's election. The 239th Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County. 1.02(b), eff. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 8, eff. 1337, Sec. Sec. Sept. 1, 1995. Texas Government Code Section 25.0003 - Jurisdiction 274TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COMAL, GUADALUPE, AND HAYS COUNTIES). The 302nd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 389TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 281ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 46TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FOARD, HARDEMAN, AND WILBARGER COUNTIES). 24.212. (a) The 226th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. Sept. 1, 1985. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1082 (H.B. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sept. 1, 1999. (a) The 91st Judicial District is composed of Eastland County. The 309th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 1, eff. 1, eff. (3) in Houston County on the first Mondays in March, August, and October. September 1, 2015. 1337, Sec. 212TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GALVESTON COUNTY). 206TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). (a) The 174th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 425TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WILLIAMSON COUNTY). A statutory county court does not have jurisdiction over causes and proceedings concerning roads, bridges, and public highways and the general administration of county business that is within the jurisdiction of the commissioners court of each county. 24.148. 1, eff. Each court listed in this subchapter that is directed to give preference to specific matters or types of cases shall participate in all matters relating to juries, grand juries, indictments, and docketing of cases in the same manner as the existing district courts that are similarly directed within that county. 607 (S.B. 1, eff. Sec. Sec. 1.08(a), eff. (c) Section 24.267, relating to the 174th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 178th District Court. Sec. 24.430. Sec. 3, eff. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. Sec. (b) The 456th District Court shall give preference to civil cases. (a) The 386th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. (b) A district judge is entitled to receive from the state the actual and necessary postage, telegraph, and telephone expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. Sec. 7, eff. 1352 (S.B. 1951), Sec. Sec. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B.

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