Texas Government Code - Section 74.049. Performance Of Duties By Chief Justice
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§ 74.049. PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES BY CHIEF JUSTICE. The
chief justice may make assignments within an administrative region
and perform the other duties of a presiding judge in the following
situations:
(1) on the death or resignation of the presiding judge
and until a successor presiding judge is appointed;
(2) on notification to the chief justice by the
presiding judge or other appropriate source that an absence,
disabling illness, or other incapacity of the presiding judge
prevents the judge from performing his official duties for a period
of time and until the presiding judge is again able to perform the
duties; and
(3) in a particular matter in which the presiding
judge disqualifies himself from performing the duties of presiding
judge in that matter.
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Government Code § 74.016 and amended
by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Section: 74.042 74.043 74.044 74.045 74.046 74.047 74.048 74.049 74.050 74.051 74.052 74.053 74.054 74.055 74.0551
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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