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Texas Government Code - Section 22.202. First Court Of Appeals

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§ 22.202. FIRST COURT OF APPEALS.  (a) The Court of 
Appeals for the First Court of Appeals District shall be held in the 
City of Houston.
	(b)  Harris County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms in 
Houston for the court and the justices without expense to the state.
	(c)  The counties other than Harris County composing the 
First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals Districts shall annually 
reimburse Harris County for the costs incurred by Harris County 
during its previous fiscal year for:
		(1)  supplemental salaries and fringe benefits for the 
justices for those courts;  and
		(2)  furnishings, equipment, supplies, and utility 
expenses for those courts.
	(d)  Each county shall pay a share based on the proportion 
its population bears to the total population of all the counties in 
those districts.  A county shall pay its share not later than the 
60th day after the beginning of the county's fiscal year.
	(e)  The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall provide 
each county liable for the expenses with a statement of that 
county's share.  The statement must be approved by the chief 
justices of the courts of appeals of the First and Fourteenth Courts 
of Appeals Districts.
	(f)  The First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals shall 
establish a central clerk's office and offices for justices and 
other support personnel in Houston.  The courts may establish 
offices for the clerks, justices, and other support personnel in 
other counties in the courts' district as each court determines 
necessary and convenient.
	(g)  The First Court of Appeals may transact its business in 
any county in the First Court of Appeals District as the court 
determines necessary and convenient.
	(h)  All civil and criminal cases directed to the First or 
Fourteenth Court of Appeals shall be filed in either the First or 
Fourteenth Court of Appeals as provided by this section.  The trial 
clerk shall write the numbers of the two courts of appeals on 
identical slips of paper and place the slips in a container.  When a 
notice of appeal or appeal bond is filed, the trial court clerk 
shall draw a number from the container at random, in a public place, 
and shall assign the case and any companion cases to the court of 
appeals for the corresponding number drawn.
	(i)  Subject to Subchapter A, Chapter 73, the clerks of the 
First and the Fourteenth Courts of Appeals Districts may from time 
to time equalize the dockets of the two courts by transferring cases 
from one court to the other.  The court to which the case is 
transferred has jurisdiction over the matter.
	(j)  Each of the justices on the court of appeals shall 
designate the county of his permanent residence on the records of 
the court in which the justice serves.  The county of a justice's 
permanent residence is the justice's permanent post of duty.
	(j-1)  Expired.                                                                

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended 
by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § 1.03 to 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 
1987.

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