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Texas Government Code - Chapter 74 Court Administration ActLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Government Code > Texas Government Code - Chapter 74 Court Administration Act Sponsored Links(a) The chief justice shall call and preside over an annual meeting of the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions on a date and ... (a) The chief justice of the supreme court may temporarily assign a justice of a court of appeals to another court of appeals regardless of ... The chief justice shall direct and supervise the office of court administration. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, ... (a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one judge in each administrative region as presiding judge of the region. ... The chief justice shall ensure that the supreme court executes and implements the court's administrative duties and responsibilities under this chapter. Added by Acts 1987, ... The chief justice, subject to the approval of the supreme court, shall name and appoint members to committees necessary or desirable for the efficient administration ... The supreme court has supervisory and administrative control over the judicial branch and is responsible for the orderly and efficient administration of justice. Added by ... (a) The supreme court shall assess the need for adding, consolidating, eliminating, or reallocating existing appellate courts. (b) The supreme court shall promulgate rules, regulations, ... (a) The supreme court shall appoint the administrative director of the courts for the office of court administration. (b) The director serves at the pleasure ... (a) The supreme court may adopt rules of administration setting policies and guidelines necessary or desirable for the operation and management of the court system ... The court of criminal appeals shall, if adequate funding is available for education programs for judges and court personnel, ensure that adequate education programs are ... In this chapter: (1) "Administrative region" means an administrative judicial region created by Section 74.042. (2) "Presiding judge" means the presiding judge of an administrative ... (a) The state is divided into nine administrative judicial regions. (b) The First Administrative Judicial Region is composed of the counties of Anderson, Bowie, Camp, ... (a) Adequate quarters for the operation of each administrative region and the preservation of its records shall be provided in the courthouse of the county ... A presiding judge serves for a term of office of four years from the date of qualification as the presiding judge. Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Government ... (a) A presiding judge must be at the time of appointment: (1) a regularly elected or retired district judge; (2) a former judge with at ... A presiding judge shall: (1) ensure the promulgation of regional rules of administration within policies and guidelines set by the supreme court; (2) advise local ... A presiding judge may perform the acts necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to improve the management of the court system ... (a) Once each year, the presiding judge shall call a regular meeting of the district and statutory county court judges in the administrative region at ... 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 ... (a) The presiding judge may employ, directly or through a contract with another governmental entity, a full-time or part-time administrative assistant. (b) An administrative assistant ... (a) In addition to all other compensation, expenses, and perquisites authorized by law, including this chapter, a presiding judge shall receive compensation as provided by ... (a) Judges may be assigned in the manner provided by this chapter to hold court when necessary to dispose of accumulated business in the region. ... (a) When a judge is assigned to a trial court under this chapter: (1) the order of assignment must state whether the judge is an ... (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the following judges may be assigned as provided by this chapter by the presiding judge of ... (a) Each presiding judge shall maintain a list of retired and former judges who meet the requirements of this section. (b) The presiding judge shall ... (a) The two-year period provided for in Section 74.055(c)(6) is from January 1 of one year through December 31 of the next year. (b) An ... (a) A presiding judge from time to time shall assign the judges of the administrative region to hold special or regular terms of court in ... (a) In addition to the assignment of judges by the presiding judges as authorized by this chapter, the chief justice may assign judges of one ... (a) Except as provided by this chapter, a judge assigned by the presiding judge to a court in the same administrative region, or to a ... (a) A judge assigned under the provisions of this chapter has all the powers of the judge of the court to which he is assigned. ... (a) An active judge may not, without the judge's consent, be assigned out of the judge's district or county for more than 10 calendar days ... (a) The salary, compensation, and expenses of a judge or justice while assigned under this chapter shall be paid in accordance with this chapter and ... A judge who is required to attend an annual or special meeting prescribed by this chapter, or an educational course required by law, in addition ... (a) There is a local administrative district judge in each county. (b) In a county with two or more district courts the judges of those ... (a) There is a local administrative statutory county court judge in each county that has a statutory county court. (b) In a county with two ... A local administrative judge, for the courts for which the judge serves as local administrative judge, shall: (1) implement and execute the local rules of ... (a) The district and statutory county court judges in each county shall, by majority vote, adopt local rules of administration. (b) The rules must provide ... (a) A district or statutory county court judge may hear and determine a matter pending in any district or statutory county court in the county ... The terms of all courts covered by this subchapter begin on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July of each year, ... Notwithstanding Section 74.091(b), the local administrative district judge for Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties is selected on the basis of seniority from the ... (a) The local administrative judge and each district or statutory county court judge may establish a court coordinator system and appoint a court coordinator for ... (a) The courts by local administrative rule shall designate the duties of the court coordinators. (b) To promote uniform and efficient administration of justice in ... The courts may appoint appropriate staff and support personnel according to the needs in each county. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § ... (a) The judges shall determine reasonable compensation for the court coordinators, subject to approval of the commissioners court. (b) Upon approval by the commissioners court ... This subchapter does not affect other provisions of law relating to the pay and duties of court administrators, court managers, and court coordinators. Added by ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a court coordinator of a district court or statutory county court shall annually complete 16 hours of continuing ... (a) The judges of constitutional county courts, statutory county courts, justice courts, and small claims courts in a county may transfer cases to and from ... The attorney general shall defend a state district judge, a presiding judge of an administrative region, or an active, retired, or former judge assigned under ... (a) The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation consists of five members designated from time to time by the chief justice of the supreme court. The ... Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation may transfer civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact ... (a) The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation must operate according to rules of practice and procedure adopted by the supreme court under Section 74.024. The ... Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a judge who is qualified and authorized by law to preside in the court to which an action ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |