Texas Government Code

§ 24.149 — 47TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ARMSTRONG, POTTER, AND RANDALL COUNTIES)

GV § 24.149Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 24. DISTRICT COURTS · Art. B. CERTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Statute text

(a)The 47th Judicial District is composed of Armstrong, Potter, and Randall counties.

(b)The 47th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 181st District Court in Randall and Potter counties. The 47th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 108th District Court in Potter County.

(c)Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

(d)The judge may, in any county in the 47th Judicial District:

(1)hear and determine all preliminary and interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded, regardless of whether the case is filed in the county in which the hearing is held; and

(2)unless objection is filed by a party to the suit, hear any nonjury case, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters where citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case is filed in the county in which the hearing is held.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 50 (H.B. 593), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2006. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081 (H.B. 3378), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.