Texas Government Code
§ 30.00265 — MAGISTRATES
GV § 30.00265Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 30. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD · Art. G. MANSFIELD
Statute text
View on source(a)The governing body may appoint one or more magistrates.
(b)A magistrate does not have to possess all the qualifications necessary to be a municipal court of record judge.
(c)A magistrate may not preside over the court or hear contested cases.
(d)A magistrate may:
(1)conduct an arraignment;
(2)hold an indigency hearing;
…
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1995. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 30.1045 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.