Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 75 - Other Court Administration

SUBCHAPTER A ASSIGNMENT OF FORMER JUDGES AND RETIRED JUDGES WHO ELECT TO BE JUDICIAL OFFICERS

• Texas Section 75.001 - Judicial Retiree Election To Be Judicial Officer
  (a) A retiree under Subtitle D or E of Title 8 may elect to be a judicial officer. (b) An election under this section may...
• Texas Section 75.002 - Assignment Of Retiree As Judicial Officer
  (a) A retiree who makes an election under Section 75.001 is, with the retiree's consent to each assignment, subject to assignment: (1) by the chief...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION BY JUDGES IN COUNTY

• Texas Section 75.003 - Assignment Of Former Appellate Judge
  (a) A former judge whose last judicial office before leaving active service was justice or judge of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals,...
• Texas Section 75.012 - Presiding Civil Judge Of Bexar County
  (a) The district judges of Bexar County, not later than January 1 and July 1 of each year, or at any other time as determined...
• Texas Section 75.013 - Presiding Criminal Judge Of Bexar County
  (a) A majority of the judges of the district courts giving preference to criminal cases in Bexar County shall select a presiding criminal judge to...
• Texas Section 75.014 - El Paso Council Of Judges
  (a) The El Paso Council of Judges is composed of the judges of the district courts of El Paso County, the judges of the county...
• Texas Section 75.015 - El Paso County Judge Assignments
  (a) Judges may be assigned in the manner provided by this section to hold district court, county court at law, or statutory probate court in...

SUBCHAPTER C SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL REGION

• Texas Section 75.016 - Presiding Criminal Judge Of Travis County
  (a) The judges of the Travis County district courts that give preference to criminal cases shall elect from among those judges a presiding criminal judge...
• Texas Section 75.101 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a system by which qualified judges will be made available to serve in cases in which the...
• Texas Section 75.102 - Appointment
  (a) The presiding judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region shall appoint senior district court judges under this subchapter. (b) An appointment made under this...
• Texas Section 75.103 - Lists Of Appointed Senior Judges
  The presiding judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region shall establish and maintain: (1) a list of retired and former judges of district courts appointed...
• Texas Section 75.104 - Qualifications
  A senior judge must: (1) have served as the judge of a district court for 12 years, regardless of whether or not the service was...
• Texas Section 75.105 - Areas Of Expertise
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a judge may only be appointed to the list applicable to his area of previous expertise. (b) On...
• Texas Section 75.106 - Judges Not Limited To Certain Cases
  This subchapter does not limit a senior criminal district court judge to sitting only in criminal cases, a senior civil district court judge to sitting...
• Texas Section 75.107 - Practice Prohibited
  (a) A senior district court judge who is not a retiree of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement System...
• Texas Section 75.108 - Reappointment Of Senior Judges
  A senior district court judge is subject every four years to reappointment by the presiding judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region and to confirmation...
• Texas Section 75.109 - Compensation Of Senior Judges
  (a) The compensation, salary, and expenses of a senior district court judge shall be paid in accordance with the laws of this state out of...
• Texas Section 75.110 - Appointment Of Senior Judges
  (a) The presiding judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region shall assign judges under this subchapter. (b) A senior district court judge assigned under this...
• Texas Section 75.111 - Assignment Of Other Judges
  This subchapter does not prevent the assignment of a judge other than a senior district court judge in an instance in which no senior district...
• Texas Section 75.112 - Retirement Benefits; Membership
  (a) A senior district court judge appointed under this subchapter who is a retiree of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, the Judicial...
• Texas Section 75.113 - Payment Of Contributions By Dallas County
  (a) Not later than the 15th of each month, the custodian of county funds of Dallas County shall pay or cause to be paid to...
• Texas Section 75.114 - Expenses
  When a senior district court judge is assigned under this subchapter to a court located in a county other than the county in which the...
• Texas Section 75.115 - Continuing Judicial Education
  A senior district court judge must be able to demonstrate yearly that the judge participated in the preceding 12 months in at least the number...

SUBCHAPTER D ASSIGNMENT CLERKS

• Texas Section 75.116 - Assignment Under Other Statute
  Except as provided by Section 75.111, this subchapter does not prohibit assignment of a retired or former judge as a visiting judge under any other...
• Texas Section 75.201 - Assignment Clerks In Dallas And Tarrant Counties
  (a) In Dallas County and Tarrant County, a majority of the district judges with civil jurisdiction may appoint an assignment clerk to serve under the...
• Texas Section 75.202 - Assignment Clerks In Nueces County
  (a) A majority of the district judges in Nueces County may appoint an assignment clerk to serve under the presiding judge of the district courts...
• Texas Section 75.203 - Assignment Clerks In Bexar County
  (a) A majority of the judges of district courts having jurisdiction in Bexar County may appoint an assignment clerk to serve under the presiding judge...

SUBCHAPTER F ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN COURTS

• Texas Section 75.204 - Term
  An assignment clerk authorized by this subchapter is appointed for a term of two years but is subject to dismissal by a majority of the...
• Texas Section 75.401 - Court Administrator System For District And Statutory County Courts In Certain Counties
  (a) In a county that has more than one district court or statutory county court, those courts may establish and maintain, on approval of the...
• Texas Section 75.402 - Court Manager And Coordinator System For Certain Harris County Courts
  (a) The courts in Harris County that have the same criminal jurisdiction as county courts with criminal jurisdiction may establish and maintain a court manager...
• Texas Section 75.403 - Presiding Judge For Certain Harris County Courts
  (a) The judges of the courts in Harris County that have the same criminal jurisdiction as county courts with criminal jurisdiction may select from among...

SUBCHAPTER G COURT ADMINISTRATOR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

• Texas Section 75.404 - Presiding Judge For Harris County Justice Courts
  (a) The justices of the peace in Harris County may select from among themselves a presiding judge. (b) The presiding judge shall be selected during...
• Texas Section 75.501 - Application
  This Act applies to the district courts and to the county courts at law that give preference to criminal cases in Jefferson County. Acts 1985,...
• Texas Section 75.502 - Establishment Of System
  The courts may establish a court administrator system to improve criminal justice and to expedite the processing of criminal cases. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 75.503 - Appointment And Duties Of Court Administrator
  (a) The court administrator is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the judges of the courts subject to this subchapter. (b) The courts...
• Texas Section 75.504 - Staff
  (a) The courts may appoint the necessary staff and support personnel for the administrator. (b) As part of the staff, the courts may appoint witness...

SUBCHAPTER H COURT ADMINISTRATOR IN FORT BEND COUNTY

• Texas Section 75.505 - Compensation And Facilities
  The court administrator and the staff are entitled to reasonable compensation, facilities, and equipment as determined by the commissioners court. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 75.521 - Application
  This subchapter applies to the district courts and county courts at law in Fort Bend County. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 654, Sec....
• Texas Section 75.522 - Establishment Of System
  The courts may establish a court administrator system to improve the administration of justice and to expedite the processing of civil and criminal cases. Added...
• Texas Section 75.523 - Appointment And Duties Of Court Administrator
  (a) The court administrator is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the judges of the courts subject to this subchapter. (b) The courts...
• Texas Section 75.524 - Compensation And Facilities
  A court administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation, facilities, and equipment as determined by the judges of the courts served, with the approval of the...

SUBCHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 75.525 - Staff
  The judges of the courts served by the court administrator may appoint the necessary staff and support personnel for the court administrator. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 75.551 - Objection To Judge Or Justice Assigned To An Appellate Court
  (a) When a judge or justice is assigned to an appellate court under this chapter or Chapter 74: (1) the order of assignment must state...

Last modified: September 28, 2016