Texas Government Code
§ 54A.206 — TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE
GV § 54A.206Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS · Ch. 54A. ASSOCIATE JUDGES · Art. C. STATUTORY PROBATE COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGES
Statute text
View on source(a)An associate judge who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court.
(b)The employment of an associate judge who serves more than two courts may only be terminated by a majority vote of all the judges of the courts that the associate judge serves.
(c)The employment of an associate judge who serves two courts may be terminated by either of the judges of the courts that the associate judge serves.
(d)The appointment of the associate judge terminates if:
(1)the associate judge becomes a candidate for election to public office; or
(2)the commissioners court does not appropriate funds in the county's budget to pay the salary of the associate judge.
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Legislative history
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 54 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.02, eff. January 1, 2012.