Texas Government Code

§ 29.055 — PROCEDURE FOLLOWING FILING OF MOTION; RECUSAL OR DISQUALIFICATION WITHOUT MOTION

GV § 29.055Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 29. MUNICIPAL COURTS · Art. A-1. RECUSAL OR DISQUALIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL JUDGES

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(a)Before further proceedings in a case in which a motion for the recusal or disqualification of a municipal judge has been filed, the judge shall:

(1)recuse or disqualify himself or herself; or

(2)request the regional presiding judge to assign a judge to hear the motion.

(b)A municipal judge who with or without a motion recuses or disqualifies himself or herself:

(1)shall enter an order of recusal or disqualification and:

(A)if the municipal judge is not the presiding judge, request the presiding judge to assign any other judge of the municipal court, including the presiding judge, to hear the case;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (H.B. 3475), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1324 (S.B. 480), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.