Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 23rd District Court begin: (1) in Matagorda County on the first Mondays in June and December, and the terms are designated the June-November and December-May terms; and. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (c) Each judicial district affected by a reapportionment must contain one or more complete counties except as provided by this section. 251ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES). 258TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POLK, SAN JACINTO, AND TRINITY COUNTIES). The 313th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Sec. (a) If the regular judge of a family district court is absent or is for any cause disabled or disqualified from presiding, a retired judge of a special juvenile court or a domestic relations court may be appointed by the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region in which the appointed judge resides to sit for the absent, disabled, or disqualified judge of a family district court within the geographic limits of the respective administrative judicial region. (a) The 126th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 117th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. (2) in Jim Wells County at 10 a.m. on the first Mondays in March and October. Sec. 1951), Sec. Sec. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. 458TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. The Jefferson County sheriff or the sheriff's deputy shall attend the court in Port Arthur and perform all required duties. State District Court Judges are elected to a four year term by the voters of Midland . (d) A district judge may hold as many sessions of court in a county as he considers proper and expedient for the dispatch of business and may adopt rules for that purpose as authorized by the statutes of this state and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Sec. An obligation issued from the affected court is returnable to another district court in the county on the date that court directs, but may not be made returnable on a date that is earlier than the date on which the obligation was originally returnable. 13, eff. 144TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 3 (H.B. 4(b), eff. 8, eff. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. A case may not be transferred from one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred, and a case may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. (b) If a county in which any part of the jurisdiction vested by general law in the county court has been transferred or made concurrent in a district court is removed by reapportionment under this subchapter from the judicial districts of all district courts having the county court jurisdiction, the board shall specify whether, after the effective date of the reapportionment order, the transferred county court jurisdiction is vested in the district court of the judicial districts in which the county is included under the reapportionment order or whether the transferred county court jurisdiction is revested in the county court. September 1, 2005. 480, Sec. 24.617. See Page 1. 929 (H.B. 580 (S.B. 7(a), eff. 2(8), eff. The account must be certified as correct by the judge of the district or by the court clerk of the court in which he served. (a) The 399th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. (a) The 43rd Judicial District is composed of Parker County. (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. 24.384. If a case is transferred, all process and writs issued out of the transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred. (c) The 424th District Court has the same terms of court as the 33rd District Court. 132ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BORDEN AND SCURRY COUNTIES). (a) The 363rd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 435TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). 24.446. Sec. 177TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (c) The 49th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the other district courts in Webb County. Justice courts have jurisdiction of civil matters in which the amount in controversy is not more than $20,000. 855 (H.B. Sec. 24.620. (b) The jurisdiction of the court of Judicial District 1-A is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the other district courts in Jasper, Newton, and Tyler counties. (a) The 298th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. September 1, 2019. (a) The 132nd Judicial District is composed of Borden and Scurry counties. 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 478TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 129th District Court. 3, Sec. 497, Sec. 24.461. January 1, 2021. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The 390th District Court shall give preference to criminal matters. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. The 379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 405TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GALVESTON COUNTY). 1, eff. (b) The terms of the 64th District Court in each county of the district begin on the first Mondays in January and July and are designated the January and July terms. September 1, 2005. (a) The 155th Judicial District is composed of Austin and Fayette counties. 141ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 24.553. (a) The 137th Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County. 26, Sec. 173RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HENDERSON COUNTY). (a) The 252nd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Stephens County has the civil and criminal jurisdiction of a county court. January 1, 2016. 3481), Sec. (b) This section applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Courts Nos. Sec. (b) The 339th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. 3, eff. Sec. 7, eff. 1, eff. (b) The 289th District Court shall give primary preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code, and secondary preference to criminal cases. OFFICIAL DUTY. The judges in Delta and Franklin counties may transfer a case by an order entered on the minutes of the transferring court. (a) The 68th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 1 is composed of Tarrant County. 4, eff. Sec. The 221st Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. The board shall complete its work on the reapportionment and file its order with the secretary of state not later than August 31 of the same year. The 270th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Jan. 15, 2004. 146TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). 3.13(13), eff. 456TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GUADALUPE COUNTY). (a) The 417th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. (a) The 218th Judicial District is composed of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle, and Wilson counties. Sec. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 24.193. January 1, 2014. 178TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 2.27(a), eff. 362ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). 349TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANDERSON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES). Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., 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. If a district judge determines on the judge's own motion that the judge should not sit in a case pending in the judge's court because the judge is disqualified or otherwise should recuse himself or herself, the judge shall enter a recusal order, request the presiding judge of that administrative judicial region to assign another judge to sit, and take no further action in the case except for good cause stated in the order in which the action is taken. The district clerk or his deputy serves as clerk of a court when it sits in Port Arthur and may transfer all necessary books, minutes, records, and papers to Port Arthur while the court is in session there and transfer them from Port Arthur to Beaumont at the end of each session in Port Arthur. Unless an objection is filed by a party to the suit, the 33rd District Court may hear, in any county in the district convenient for the court, any nonjury case pending in any county in the district, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters in which citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. 1342 (S.B. (a) The 81st Judicial District is composed of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle, and Wilson counties. (b) The terms of the criminal district court no. (a) The 426th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. (a) The 92nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. 285TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 164TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). Sept. 1, 2003. Sec. 2454), Sec. 7, eff. More than one judicial district may contain the same county or counties. 1012, Sec. 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAYSON COUNTY). 848 (S.B. Sept. 1, 1995. 24.241. 332ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 72 (H.B. 1337, Sec. 148, Sec. (a) The 54th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County. Sec. Each officer shall perform all the duties and functions of his office relative to all the district courts of the county. 2454), Sec. When a family district court is created in a county, the county's juvenile board composition and the additional compensation of the board members is as provided by Article 5139.2, Revised Statutes. (b) The 455th District Court shall give preference to civil and family law matters. Sec. (c) The jurisdiction of the 202nd District Court in Bowie County is concurrent and coextensive with the 5th and 102nd district courts. September 1, 2015. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. The 470th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. (c) If the commissioners court authorizes a district court to sit in a municipality other than the municipality that is the county seat, the commissioners court shall provide suitable facilities for the court in that municipality. Sept. 1, 1999. (b) In any county in the district in which there are two or more district courts, those district courts have concurrent jurisdiction in that county. (a) The 259th Judicial District is composed of Jones and Shackelford counties. EQUALIZATION OF DOCKETS. 3, eff. 1, eff. Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Sec. 24.124. 65TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). Sec. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 24.469. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1(c), eff. (2) family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 152nd District Court. 2(9), eff. 24.564. 2, eff. 24.60022. The 506th Judicial District is composed of Grimes and Waller Counties. 348TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). 24.541. 24.616. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Dallas County. September 1, 2009. 24.157. 481ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). The prosecuting attorney, the sheriff, the district clerk, the bailiffs, and the other officers serving the other district courts of the county shall serve in their respective capacities for the courts listed in this chapter. 1189), Sec. September 1, 2005. 79), Sec. 1059 (H.B. 1103 (H.B. (a) The 332nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. 24.368. 147TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. (f) Section 24.106, relating to the 6th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 62nd District Court in Lamar County. 24.538. (d) The 17th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 1182 (S.B. (d) A grand jury may not be impaneled in any district court in El Paso County except the 34th District Court unless the judge of another district court in the county calls for a grand jury by special order. 203RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Justice courts can also settle landlord/tenant disputes such as evictions and repairs. Sec. 24.452. 2230), Sec. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. (d) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. (a) The 93rd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. 404TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CAMERON COUNTY). 1337, Sec. (a) The 445th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County. 83RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (PECOS, TERRELL, AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES). (b) The 396th District Court shall give preference to criminal matters. The County Court of Marion County has concurrent jurisdiction to receive guilty pleas in misdemeanor cases. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Morris County has the civil jurisdiction of a county court. (b) The terms of the 79th District Court begin: (1) in Brooks County at 10 a.m. on the first Mondays in February and September; and. 606 (S.B. 1.04(a), eff. 2, eff. 280, Sec. (a) The 414th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County. 24.024. Sec. 934 (H.B. Sec. 275TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 750 (H.B. The 47th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 108th District Court in Potter County. 1.37, eff. 343RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ARANSAS, BEE, LIVE OAK, MCMULLEN, AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES). 5(e), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Sec. Jan. 1, 2000. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306, Sec. 5, eff. The 328th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County. (a) The Criminal Judicial District No. 234TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 158TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). (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. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The terms of the Second 25th District Court begin: (1) in Colorado County on the first Mondays in April and November; (2) in Gonzales County on the first Mondays in May and December; (3) in Guadalupe County on the first Mondays in February and September; and. 24.563. 1342 (S.B. 370TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). (b) The 345th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 24.487. 2(d), eff. A change of venue is not necessary because of the disqualification of a district judge in a case or proceeding pending in the judge's court. 311TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (b) The 148th District Court shall give first preference to family law matters and second preference to criminal cases. This subsection does not limit the court's power to hear those matters in Boston. (b) The 272nd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the statutory county courts of Brazos County in misdemeanor cases as well as the jurisdiction prescribed by general law for district courts. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court. Sec. 24.946. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Glasscock County has the civil jurisdiction of a county court. January 1, 2007. Friday, March 3, 2023. Sept. 1, 1991. 24.404. (a) The 86th Judicial District is composed of Kaufman County. (b) The terms of the 98th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, April, June, October, and December. September 1, 2007. Sec. (a) The 427th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. January 1, 2012. 1.01(b), eff. 704, Sec. Sec. Any of the judges of the courts may issue restraining orders and injunctions returnable to any of the other courts. Each term continues until the term ends by operation of law or the court has disposed of the business for that term. 1, eff. September 1, 2008. (a) The 478th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. (c) A special judge commissioned by the governor is also entitled to receive the same daily salary that a district judge receives for each day necessary for the special judge to travel to and from the court. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 9, eff. Sec. Sec. (b) The terms of the 368th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 4 begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The 291st Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 1352 (S.B. 24.589. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Any of the judges may hear and determine motions, petitions for injunction, applications for appointment of receivers, interventions, motions to transfer venue, pleas in abatement and all dilatory pleas, motions for new trials, and all preliminary matters, questions, and proceedings, and may enter judgment or order on them in the court in which the case or proceeding is pending without having the matter transferred to the court of the acting judge. Sec. Sec. 337TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (c) Section 24.267, relating to the 174th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 177th District Court. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. The district court has concurrent with the county court the criminal jurisdiction of a county court. 1182 (S.B. 457TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). 480, Sec. Zepeda, 753 F.2d at 727 ("A federal court may issue an injunction if it has 20 personal jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter jurisdiction over the claim; it may not 21 attempt to determine the rights of persons not before the court."). 1, eff. To be eligible for the appointment, the retired judge must have voluntarily retired from office and must certify his willingness to serve. (b) The terms of the 54th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November. Dallas Division. 1189), Sec. 954 (H.B. Sec. 24.180. Sec. 115TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MARION AND UPSHUR COUNTIES). January 1, 2012. (a) The 356th Judicial District is composed of Hardin County. (d) Section 24.106, relating to the 6th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 102nd District Court in Red River County. 3481), Sec. (b) The terms of the 146th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. (f) The district clerk shall docket successively on the dockets of the courts that do not give preference to criminal cases all civil cases and proceedings so that the civil cases and proceedings are docketed in rotation and equally distributed among the courts. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The terms of the 145th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March and September. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. Sec. 1(c), eff. 24.498. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 259TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JONES AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES). (a) The 451st Judicial District is composed of Kendall County. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.253. 1, eff. 127TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 133rd District Court. The 358th Judicial District is composed of Ector County. 780, Sec. (b) The terms of the 33rd District Court begin: (1) in Blanco County on the first Mondays in February and September; (2) in Burnet County on the fourth Mondays in April and November; (3) in Llano County on the first Mondays in April and November; and. Sec. (b) The terms of the 72nd District Court begin: (1) in Crosby County on the second Mondays in May and November; and. 704, Sec. 2, eff. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. June 15, 2007. 448TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. The 296th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. (2) in Lampasas County on the first Mondays in March and September and may continue in session until the Saturday night before the Monday on which the next session convenes. 480, Sec. (d) In all suits, actions, or proceedings in the district courts, it is sufficient for the address or designation to be "District Court of Harris County.". 483RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HAYS COUNTY). (b) A judge of the 411th Judicial District may not be assigned under Chapter 74 to serve as a visiting judge in Bexar, Dallas, Ector, Fort Bend, Harris, Jefferson, Lubbock, Midland, Tarrant, or Travis County. Jan. 1, 1998. 24.201. The 308th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF DALLAS COUNTY. (c) The judges of the 70th and 118th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. Original jurisdiction in felony criminal matters. 24.144. 606 (S.B. (c) Section 24.185, relating to the 83rd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 112th District Court. 24.260. 1059 (H.B. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The terms of the 111th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. (b) The terms of the 29th District Court begin on the first Monday in March, the first Monday after the third Saturday in June, and the first Monday after the fourth Saturday in October. Sec. (a) The 383rd Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. Sec. 24.626. 24.135. 5.95(105), eff. 7.26, eff. 281ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). Judge Terms. (c) Section 24.115, relating to the 14th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 160th District Court. TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS. 89TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WICHITA COUNTY). Sec. 62ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DELTA, FRANKLIN, HOPKINS, AND LAMAR COUNTIES). The Justice Courts in Texas are created under Chapter 27 of the Texas Government Code. 3.03, eff. (a) The 393rd Judicial District is composed of Denton County. 5, eff. (c) The terms of the 85th District Court begin on the first Mondays in April and October. 24.441. 191ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 414TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MCLENNAN COUNTY). Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. Sec. The 264th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. (b) The 255th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. The North Carolina Supreme Court last month granted a request by Republican state legislators to revisit its ruling last year against a map . In case of absence, sickness, or disqualification of any of the judges, any of the other judges may hold court for him. (e) A retired judge appointed under this section has all the power and jurisdiction of the court and the regular judge for whom he is sitting and may sign orders, judgments, decrees, or other process of any kind as presiding judge when acting for the regular judge. 11(a), eff. (d) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 117th 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. 1, eff. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing. (a) The 274th Judicial District is composed of Comal, Guadalupe, and Hays counties. 276TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CAMP, MARION, MORRIS, AND TITUS COUNTIES). Sept. 1, 1985. 8(a), eff. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. Sec. 24.412. The 240th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County. (a) This section applies to payment of salary to: (1) a special judge commissioned by the governor as provided by Article V, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution; and.
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