Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 74.006. SUPREME COURT DUTIES. The chief justice shall ensure that the supreme court executes and implements the court's administrative duties and responsibilities under this chapter. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 74.007. COMMITTEES. The chief justice, subject to the approval of the supreme court, shall name and appoint members to committees necessary or desirable for the efficient administration of justice or to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg.,…

Sec. 74.021. SUPERVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL. The supreme court has supervisory and administrative control over the judicial branch and is responsible for the orderly and efficient administration of justice. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. …

Sec. 74.022. CHANGES IN NUMBER OF COURTS. (a) The supreme court shall assess the need for adding, consolidating, eliminating, or reallocating existing appellate courts. (b) The supreme court shall promulgate rules, regulations, and criteria to be used in assessing those needs. (c…

Sec. 74.023. DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION. (a) The supreme court shall appoint the administrative director of the courts for the office of court administration. (b) The director serves at the pleasure of the supreme court and shall be subordinate to, and act by the …

Sec. 74.024. RULES. (a) The supreme court may adopt rules of administration setting policies and guidelines necessary or desirable for the operation and management of the court system and for the efficient administration of justice. (b) The supreme court shall request the advice …

Sec. 74.025. EDUCATION PROGRAMS. The court of criminal appeals shall, if adequate funding is available for education programs for judges and court personnel, ensure that adequate education programs are available on an equitable basis for judges and court personnel of courts creat…

Sec. 74.041. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administrative region" means an administrative judicial region created by Section 74.042. (2) "Presiding judge" means the presiding judge of an administrative region. (3) "Retiree" means a person who has retired under the Judicial R…

Sec. 74.042. ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS. (a) The state is divided into 11 administrative judicial regions. (b) The First Administrative Judicial Region is composed of the counties of Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Kaufman, and Rockwall. (c) The Second Administrative Judicial…

Sec. 74.043. FACILITIES; FUNDING. (a) Adequate quarters for the operation of each administrative region and the preservation of its records shall be provided in the courthouse of the county in which the presiding judge resides. (b) Except for the salaries, compensation, and expen…

Sec. 74.044. TERM OF PRESIDING JUDGE. A presiding judge serves for a term of office of four years from the date of qualification as the presiding judge. Renumbered from Sec. 74.012 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 74.045. QUALIFICATIONS OF PRESIDING JUDGE. (a) A presiding judge must be at the time of appointment: (1) a regularly elected or retired district judge; (2) a serving or retired business court judge; (3) a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge or …

Sec. 74.046. DUTIES OF PRESIDING JUDGE. (a) A presiding judge shall: (1) ensure the promulgation of regional rules of administration within policies and guidelines set by the supreme court; (2) advise local judges on case flow management and auxiliary court services; (3) recommen…

Sec. 74.047. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGE. A presiding judge may perform the acts necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to improve the management of the court system and the administration of justice. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. …

Sec. 74.048. COUNCIL OF JUDGES. (a) Once each year, the presiding judge shall call a regular meeting of the district and statutory county court judges in the administrative region at a time and place designated by the presiding judge. In addition, the presiding judge may call a s…

Sec. 74.049. PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES BY CHIEF JUSTICE. The chief justice may make assignments within an administrative region and perform the other duties of a presiding judge in the following situations: (1) on the death or resignation of the presiding judge and until a successor …

Sec. 74.050. SUPPORT STAFF. (a) The presiding judge may employ, directly or through a contract with another governmental entity, a full-time or part-time administrative assistant. (b) An administrative assistant shall aid the presiding judge in carrying out the judge's duties und…

Sec. 74.051. COMPENSATION. (a) In addition to all other compensation, expenses, and perquisites authorized by law, including this chapter, a presiding judge shall receive compensation as provided by this section for performing the duties of a presiding judge. (b) Except as provid…

Sec. 74.052. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES. (a) Judges may be assigned in the manner provided by this chapter to hold court when necessary to dispose of accumulated business in the region. (b) Repealed by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 674, Sec. 2.13, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Sec. 7…

Sec. 74.053. OBJECTION TO JUDGE ASSIGNED TO A TRIAL COURT. (a) When a judge is assigned to a trial court under this chapter: (1) the order of assignment must state whether the judge is an active, former, retired, or senior judge; and (2) the presiding judge shall, if it is reason…

Sec. 74.054. JUDGES SUBJECT TO ASSIGNMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the following judges may be assigned as provided by this chapter by the presiding judge of the administrative region in which the assigned judge resides: (1) an active district, constitu…

Sec. 74.055. LIST OF RETIRED AND FORMER JUDGES SUBJECT TO ASSIGNMENT. (a) Each presiding judge shall maintain a list of retired and former judges who meet the requirements of this section. (b) The presiding judge shall divide the list into area specialties of criminal, civil, or …

Sec. 74.0551. CERTIFICATION OF WILLINGNESS NOT TO APPEAR AND PLEAD AS AN ATTORNEY. (a) The two-year period provided for in Section 74.055(c)(6) is from January 1 of one year through December 31 of the next year. (b) An initial certification of willingness not to appear and plead …

Sec. 74.056. ASSIGNMENT BY PRESIDING JUDGE. (a) A presiding judge from time to time shall assign the judges of the administrative region to hold special or regular terms of court in any county of the administrative region to try cases and dispose of accumulated business. (b) The …

Sec. 74.057. ASSIGNMENT BY CHIEF JUSTICE. (a) In addition to the assignment of judges by the presiding judges as authorized by this chapter, the chief justice may assign judges of one or more administrative regions for service in other administrative regions when he considers the…

Sec. 74.058. DUTY TO SERVE WHEN ASSIGNED. (a) Except as provided by this chapter, a judge assigned by the presiding judge to a court in the same administrative region, or to a court in another administrative region at the request of the presiding judge of the other administrative…

Sec. 74.059. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A judge assigned under the provisions of this chapter has all the powers of the judge of the court to which he is assigned. (a-1) A judge assigned under the provisions of this chapter to a court that sits in a county located in the Texas-Mexico…

Sec. 74.060. LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT. (a) An active judge may not, without the judge's consent, be assigned out of the judge's district or county for more than 10 calendar days in a year. (b) An active judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a co…

Sec. 74.061. COMPENSATION WHILE ASSIGNED. (a) The salary, compensation, and expenses of a judge or justice while assigned under this chapter shall be paid in accordance with this chapter and other law of this state. (b) While serving in a county outside the judge's judicial distr…

Sec. 74.062. EXPENSES AT MEETINGS. A judge who is required to attend an annual or special meeting prescribed by this chapter, or an educational course required by law, in addition to all other compensation allowed by law, is entitled to receive his actual travel expenses going to…

Sec. 74.091. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT JUDGE. (a) There is a local administrative district judge in each county. (b) In a county with two or more district courts the judges of those courts shall elect a district judge as local administrative district judge: (1) for a term of …

Sec. 74.0911. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE STATUTORY COUNTY COURT JUDGE. (a) There is a local administrative statutory county court judge in each county that has a statutory county court. (b) In a county with two or more statutory county courts, the judges of those courts shall elect a s…

Sec. 74.092. DUTIES OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE. (a) A local administrative judge, for the courts for which the judge serves as local administrative judge, shall: (1) implement and execute the local rules of administration, including the assignment, docketing, transfer, and hea…

Sec. 74.0922. DUTIES OF COURT SECURITY COMMITTEE. A court security committee established under Section 74.092(a)(13) shall meet at least once annually and shall develop and submit recommendations to the county commissioners court on the uses of resources and expenditures of money…

Sec. 74.093. RULES OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) The district and statutory county court judges in each county shall, by majority vote, adopt local rules of administration. (b) The rules must provide for: (1) assignment, docketing, transfer, and hearing of all cases, subject to jurisdic…

Sec. 74.094. HEARING CASES. (a) A district or statutory county court judge may hear and determine a matter pending in any district or statutory county court in the county regardless of whether the matter is preliminary or final or whether there is a judgment in the matter. The ju…

Sec. 74.096. TERMS OF COURT. The terms of all courts covered by this subchapter begin on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July of each year, except as may otherwise be provided by law. Each term of court continues until the next succeeding term begins. Added by…

Sec. 74.097. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR BLANCO, BURNET, LLANO, AND SAN SABA COUNTIES. Notwithstanding Section 74.091(b), the local administrative district judge for Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties is selected on the basis of seniority from the district j…

Sec. 74.0971. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR CORYELL COUNTY. Notwithstanding Section 74.091(b), the local administrative district judge for Coryell County is selected on the basis of seniority from the district judges of the 52nd Judicial District and the 440th Judicial …

Sec. 74.0981. COURT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall hold an annual leadership conference to provide information to presiding judges of administrative regions, local administrative judges, and court administrators relate…

Sec. 74.0982. REIMBURSEMENT. The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System may reimburse a presiding judge of an administrative region, a local administrative judge, or a court administrator for the expense of attending the leadership conference described by Sec…

Sec. 74.101. COURT COORDINATORS. (a) The local administrative judge and each district or statutory county court judge may establish a court coordinator system and appoint a court coordinator for his court to improve justice and expedite the processing of cases through the courts.…

Sec. 74.102. DUTIES. (a) The courts by local administrative rule shall designate the duties of the court coordinators. (b) To promote uniform and efficient administration of justice in this state, the court coordinators shall cooperate with regional presiding and local administra…

Sec. 74.103. STAFF. The courts may appoint appropriate staff and support personnel according to the needs in each county. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 74.104. COMPENSATION. (a) The judges shall determine reasonable compensation for the court coordinators, subject to approval of the commissioners court. (b) Upon approval by the commissioners court of the position and compensation, the commissioners court of the county shall…

Sec. 74.105. OTHER LAW. This subchapter does not affect other provisions of law relating to the pay and duties of court administrators, court managers, and court coordinators. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.