Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 72 - Office Of Court Administration
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 72.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Court" means any tribunal forming a part of the judiciary. (2) "Director" means the administrative director of the courts appointed as...
SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 72.002 - Effect On Judicial Discretion
This chapter or a rule adopted by the supreme court under Section 74.024 does not authorize an infringement of the judicial discretion of a judge...
- Texas Section 72.011 - Office Of Court Administration
(a) The office of court administration is an agency of the state and operates under the direction and supervision of the supreme court and the...
- Texas Section 72.012 - Director
(a) The director shall: (1) implement this chapter and direct the operations of the office of court administration; and (2) as an additional duty of...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 72.014 - Certification Division
The office shall establish a certification division to oversee the regulatory programs assigned to the office by law or by the supreme court. Fees collected...
- Texas Section 72.021 - Budget; Expenditures
(a) The director shall prepare and submit an estimated budget for the appropriation of funds necessary for the maintenance and operation of the judicial system....
- Texas Section 72.022 - Personnel
(a) The director, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court, shall employ the personnel needed to administer the office, including personnel...
- Texas Section 72.023 - Consultation And Assistance
(a) The director shall assist the justices and judges in discharging their administrative duties. (b) The director shall consult with the regional presiding judges and...
- Texas Section 72.024 - Methods; Recommendations
(a) The director shall examine the judicial dockets, practices, and procedures of the courts and the administrative and business methods or systems used in the...
- Texas Section 72.025 - Annual Report
(a) The director shall prepare an annual report of the activities of the office. (b) The report must be published in the annual report of...
- Texas Section 72.026 - Rules
The director, under the supervision of the chief justice, shall implement a rule of administration or other rules adopted by the supreme court for the...
- Texas Section 72.027 - Additional Duties
The supreme court or the chief justice of the supreme court may assign the director duties in addition to those imposed by this chapter. Acts...
- Texas Section 72.028 - Gifts, Grants, And Donations
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the office may request, accept, and administer gifts, grants, and donations from any source to carry out the...
- Texas Section 72.029 - Grants For Court System Enhancements
(a) The office shall develop and administer, except as provided by Subsection (c), a program to provide grants from available funds to counties for initiatives...
- Texas Section 72.030 - Collection Of Data Relating To Judicial Turnover
(a) The office biennially shall collect data relating to: (1) the rate at which state judges resign from office or do not seek reelection; and...
SUBCHAPTER D JUDICIAL LAW CLERK AND STAFF ATTORNEY RECRUITMENT
- Texas Section 72.031 - Electronic Filing System
(a) In this section: (1) "Appellate court" means the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals. (2) "Electronic filing system"...
- Texas Section 72.041 - Diversity
The judges of the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, and courts of appeals shall encourage the recruitment of judicial law clerks and staff attorneys...
SUBCHAPTER E COURT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Texas Section 72.042 - Demographic Census
(a) The office shall annually publish a report regarding the demographic profile of the judicial law clerks and attorneys employed by the courts of this...
- Texas Section 72.081 - Rules
The office shall adopt rules and forms for administering this subchapter and for obtaining information under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 72.082 - Performance Report
The office shall annually collect and publish a performance report of information regarding the efficiency of the courts of this state. Added by Acts 1997,...
- Texas Section 72.083 - Trial Courts
The office shall report the aggregate clearance rate of cases for the district courts. In this section, "clearance rate" means the number of cases disposed...
- Texas Section 72.084 - Court Of Appeals
Each month, a court of appeals shall report to the office: (1) the number of cases filed with the court during the reporting month; (2)...
- Texas Section 72.085 - Court Of Criminal Appeals
The court of criminal appeals shall annually report to the office: (1) the number of cases filed with the court during the reporting year involving:...
- Texas Section 72.086 - Supreme Court
(a) The supreme court shall annually report to the office: (1) the number of cases filed with the court during the reporting year; (2) the...
SUBCHAPTER F TASK FORCE TO PROMOTE UNIFORMITY IN COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF INFORMATION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
- Texas Section 72.087 - Capital Trials
(a) The office shall annually collect and publish a report of information regarding cases involving the trial of a capital offense. (b) The report must...
- Texas Section 72.101 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Dating violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.0021, Family Code. (2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004,...
- Texas Section 72.102 - Task Force Membership
(a) The task force consists of: (1) one member from the office, appointed by the director; (2) 16 members appointed by the presiding officer of...
- Texas Section 72.103 - Meetings; Compensation
(a) The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding officer. (b) Members of the task force serve without compensation or reimbursement for...
- Texas Section 72.104 - Duties
(a) The task force shall: (1) solicit and receive reports and testimony from individuals, state and local agencies, community-based organizations, and other public and private...
- Texas Section 72.105 - Report
Not later than September 1, 2016, the task force shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of...
- Texas Section 72.106 - Administrative Support
The office shall provide reasonably necessary administrative and technical support for the activities of the task force. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 72.107 - Assistance With Recommendations
The office shall seek the assistance of the task force before the office makes any recommendation as a result of the work done by the...
- Texas Section 72.108 - Expiration Date
The task force is abolished and this subchapter expires on September 1, 2017. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 564 (H.B. 2455), Sec....
Last modified: September 28, 2016