SUBCHAPTER A CHIEF JUSTICE
- Texas Section 74.001 - Meetings
(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...
- Texas Section 74.003 - Assignment Of Justices And Judges For Appellate Courts
(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...
- Texas Section 74.004 - Supervision Of Office Of Court Administration
The chief justice shall direct and supervise the office of court administration. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 74.005 - Appointment Of Presiding Judges Of Administrative Judicial Regions
(a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one judge in each administrative judicial region as presiding judge of the...
- Texas Section 74.006 - Supreme Court Duties
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,...
SUBCHAPTER B SUPREME COURT
- Texas Section 74.007 - Committees
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...
- Texas Section 74.021 - Supervisory And Administrative Control
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...
- Texas Section 74.022 - Changes In Number Of Courts
(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,...
- Texas Section 74.023 - Director Of Office Of Court Administration
(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...
- Texas Section 74.024 - Rules
(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...
SUBCHAPTER C ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL REGIONS
- Texas Section 74.025 - Education Programs
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...
- Texas Section 74.041 - Definitions
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...
- Texas Section 74.042 - Administrative Regions
(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,...
- Texas Section 74.043 - Facilities; Funding
(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...
- Texas Section 74.044 - Term Of Presiding Judge
A presiding judge serves for a term of office of four years from the date of qualification as the presiding judge. Renumbered from Sec. 74.012...
- Texas Section 74.045 - Qualifications Of Presiding Judge
(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...
- Texas Section 74.046 - Duties Of Presiding Judge
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...
- Texas Section 74.047 - Authority Of Presiding Judge
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...
- Texas Section 74.048 - Council Of Judges
(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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 74.050 - Support Staff
(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...
- Texas Section 74.051 - Compensation
(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...
- Texas Section 74.052 - Assignment Of Judges
(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....
- Texas Section 74.053 - Objection To Judge Assigned To A Trial Court
(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...
- Texas Section 74.054 - Judges Subject To Assignment
(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...
- Texas Section 74.055 - List Of Retired And Former Judges Subject To Assignment
(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...
- Texas Section 74.0551 - Certification Of Willingness Not To Appear And Plead As An Attorney
(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...
- Texas Section 74.056 - Assignment By Presiding Judge
(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...
- Texas Section 74.057 - Assignment By Chief Justice
(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...
- Texas Section 74.058 - Duty To Serve When Assigned
(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...
- Texas Section 74.059 - Powers And Duties
(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....
- Texas Section 74.060 - Limitation On Assignment
(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...
- Texas Section 74.061 - Compensation While Assigned
(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...
SUBCHAPTER D ADMINISTRATION BY COUNTY
- Texas Section 74.062 - Expenses At Meetings
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...
- Texas Section 74.091 - Local Administrative District Judge
(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...
- Texas Section 74.0911 - Local Administrative Statutory County Court Judge
(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...
- Texas Section 74.092 - Duties Of Local Administrative Judge
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...
- Texas Section 74.093 - Rules Of Administration
(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...
- Texas Section 74.094 - Hearing Cases
(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...
- Texas Section 74.096 - Terms Of Court
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,...
- Texas Section 74.097 - Local Administrative District Judge For Blanco, Burnet, Llano, And San Saba Counties
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...
SUBCHAPTER E COURT COORDINATORS
- Texas Section 74.0971 - Local Administrative District Judge For Coryell County
Notwithstanding Section 74.091(b), the local administrative district judge for Coryell County is selected on the basis of seniority from the district judges of the 52nd...
- Texas Section 74.101 - Court Coordinators
(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...
- Texas Section 74.102 - Duties
(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...
- Texas Section 74.103 - Staff
The courts may appoint appropriate staff and support personnel according to the needs in each county. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec....
- Texas Section 74.104 - Compensation
(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...
- Texas Section 74.105 - Other Law
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...
SUBCHAPTER F TRANSFER OF CASES AND EXCHANGE OF BENCHES BETWEEN CERTAIN COURTS
- Texas Section 74.106 - Continuing Education
(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...
SUBCHAPTER G DEFENSE OF JUDGES
- Texas Section 74.121 - Transfer Of Cases; Exchange Of Benches
(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...
SUBCHAPTER H JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
- Texas Section 74.141 - Defense Of Judges
The attorney general shall defend a state district judge, a presiding judge of an administrative region, the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts, or...
- Texas Section 74.161 - Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation
(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...
- Texas Section 74.162 - Transfer Of Cases By Panel
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...
- Texas Section 74.163 - Operation; Rules
(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...
SUBCHAPTER I JUDGE PRESIDING OVER MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
- Texas Section 74.164 - Authority To Preside
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...
SUBCHAPTER J ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR CERTAIN CASES
- Texas Section 74.201 - Staff
A district judge who presides over multidistrict litigation involving claims for asbestos-related or silica-related injuries may appoint one briefing attorney and not more than three...
- Texas Section 74.251 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a criminal matter; (2) a case in which judicial review is sought under Subchapter G, Chapter 2001; or...
- Texas Section 74.252 - Rules To Guide Determination Of Whether Case Requires Additional Resources
(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules under which courts, presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, and the judicial committee for additional resources may...
- Texas Section 74.253 - Judicial Determination
(a) On the motion of a party in a case, or on the court's own motion, the judge of the court in which the case...
- Texas Section 74.254 - Judicial Committee For Additional Resources
(a) The judicial committee for additional resources is composed of: (1) the chief justice of the supreme court; and (2) the nine presiding judges of...
- Texas Section 74.255 - Cost Of Additional Resources
The cost of additional resources provided for a case under this subchapter shall be paid by the state and may not be taxed against any...
- Texas Section 74.256 - No Stay Or Continuance Pending Determination
The filing of a motion under Section 74.253 in a case is not grounds for a stay or continuance of the proceedings in the case...
- Texas Section 74.257 - Appellate Review
A determination made by a trial court judge, the presiding judge of an administrative judicial region, or the judicial committee for additional resources under this...