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Tex. Gov't Code § 54.761

INACTIVE COURT

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

(a) If in the opinion of a majority of the judges of the El Paso Council of Judges the criminal law magistrate court should not continue in active operation after it is created, then by an order or orders signed by the local administrative judge all pending cases on the active docket of the criminal law magistrate court shall be transferred to the court or courts of other magistrates that have potential jurisdiction over the cases transferred.

(b) The local administrative judge shall select the courts to which the cases are transferred under Subsection (a).

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