Texas Government Code

§ 54A.219 — VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGES

GV § 54A.219Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS · Ch. 54A. ASSOCIATE JUDGES · Art. C. STATUTORY PROBATE COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGES

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(a)This section does not limit the authority of the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts to assign a judge under Section 25.0022 to assist with processing cases in a reasonable time.

(b)The local administrative probate judge or, for a county without a local administrative probate judge, a statutory probate court judge of the county in which an associate judge appointed under this subchapter serves may assign a visiting associate judge to perform the duties of an associate judge appointed under this subchapter only if:

(1)the associate judge is temporarily unable to perform the associate judge's official duties because of absence resulting from:

(A)illness;

(B)injury;

(C)disability;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 5.006, eff. September 1, 2023.