Texas Government Code
§ 30.00653 — JOINT COURTS: CREATION
GV § 30.00653Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 30. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD · Art. Q. RIVER OAKS
Statute text
View on source(a)The governing body of the city may contract with one or more municipalities that have municipal courts of record to establish a joint municipal court of record to serve the contracting municipalities.
(b)A joint municipal court of record created under this section replaces each municipality's individual municipal court of record.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 653, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 30.2503 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.