Unless expressly provided otherwise, the exhaustion of civil, including administrative, remedies is not a prerequisite to the vesting in a trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over a criminal action for which the trial court would otherwise have jurisdiction under other law.
Tex. Gov't Code § 23.002
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF CRIMINAL TRIAL COURTS NOT CONDITIONED ON EXHAUSTION OF CIVIL REMEDIES
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (S.B. 1220), Sec. 1, eff
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