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Texas Government Code - Section 26.024. Appointment To Share Bench

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§ 26.024. APPOINTMENT TO SHARE BENCH.  (a) The county 
judge may appoint a retired judge or a constitutional county judge 
from another county as a visiting judge to share the bench if the 
county judge finds that the dockets of the county court reflect a 
case load that the county judge considers to be in excess of that 
which can be disposed of properly in a manner consistent with the 
efficient administration of justice.
	(b)  The visiting judge may share the bench for periods 
authorized by the commissioners court.
	(c)  The visiting judge shall sit in those matters authorized 
by the county judge and has the powers of the county judge in 
relation to those matters.
	(d)  The order appointing the visiting judge shall be noted 
on the docket of the court.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended 
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 811, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 782, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 1388, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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