Texas Government Code

§ 24.945 — RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR REAPPORTIONMENT

GV § 24.945Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 24. DISTRICT COURTS · Art. F. REAPPORTIONMENT OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

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(a)The reapportionment of the judicial districts of the state by the board is subject to the rules and conditions provided by Subsections (b)-(d).

(b)Reapportionment of the judicial districts shall be made on a determination of fact by the board that the reapportionment will best promote the efficiency and promptness of the administration of justice in the state by equalizing as nearly as possible the judicial burdens of the district courts of the various judicial districts. In determining the reapportionment that best promotes the efficiency and promptness of the administration of justice, the board shall consider:

(1)the numbers and types of cases filed in the district courts of the counties to be affected by the reapportionment;

(2)the numbers and types of cases disposed of by dismissal or judgment in the district courts of those counties;

(3)the numbers and types of cases pending in the district courts of those counties;

(4)the number of district courts in those counties;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.