Unless the local rules of administration provide otherwise, the judges on the El Paso Council of Judges and the judges on the criminal law magistrate court may sit and act for any magistrate in El Paso County on any unindicted felony or Class A or B misdemeanor case if an information has not been filed or any Class C misdemeanor case filed in a justice court.
Tex. Gov't Code § 54.744
JUDGES ON EL PASO COUNCIL OF JUDGES
Known as the El Paso Criminal Law Magistrates Act
The act spans §§ 54.731 to 54.763 (32 sections).
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.32(a), eff
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