Texas Government Code
§ 24.003 — TRANSFER OF CASES; EXCHANGE OF BENCHES
GV § 24.003Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 24. DISTRICT COURTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to counties with two or more district courts.
(b)Unless provided otherwise by the local rules of administration, a district judge in the county may:
(1)except as provided by Subsection (b-1), transfer any civil or criminal case or proceeding on the court's docket, other than a case governed by Chapter 155, Family Code, to the docket of another district court in the county;
(2)hear and determine any case or proceeding pending in another district court in the county without having the case transferred;
(3)sit for another district court in the county and hear and determine any case or proceeding pending in that court;
(4)temporarily exchange benches with the judge of another district court in the county;
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.02, eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 962 (H.B. 1875), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.