Texas Government Code

§ 54.003 — SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL

GV § 54.003Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS · Ch. 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)In addition to other removal provisions provided under this chapter or other law, a master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer appointed under this chapter may be removed under Section 24, Article V, Texas Constitution.

(b)The local administrative judge shall ensure a master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer appointed to serve a county within the jurisdiction of the court served by the local administrative judge complies with the requirements of this chapter and Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(c)A local administrative judge shall report a violation of Subsection (b) to:

(1)the commissioners court for the county in which the master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer is appointed;

(2)the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the court served by judge;

(3)the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 305 (S.B. 664), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.