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Tex. Gov't Code § 26.002

TERMS; TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff

(a) By order entered on its records, the commissioners court subject to Subsection (b-1) may fix the number of court terms, may set the times at which the terms shall be held, including the four terms required by the constitution, and may set the length of each term.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the court must be open at all times for the transaction of probate business.

(b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a county court from holding its terms in accordance with the order of the commissioners court, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the county judge, may designate the terms and sessions of court.

(c) All terms of court must be held at the county seat.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.