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Tex. Gov't Code § 74.091

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT JUDGE

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff

(a) There is a local administrative district judge in each county.

(b) In a county with two or more district courts the judges of those courts shall elect a district judge as local administrative district judge:

(1) for a term of two years; or

(2) if the district judge's term ends before the second anniversary of the date the district judge is elected as local administrative judge, for the remainder of the district judge's term.

(b-1) The local administrative district judge may not be elected on the basis of rotation or seniority.

(c) In a county with only one district judge, the district judge serves as the local administrative district judge.

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