Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 22.107. COMMISSION IN AID OF COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. (a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 22.106 of this code, the court of criminal appeals may appoint a commission for the aid of the court in disposing of the business before the court. The commission in a…

Sec. 22.108. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES. (a) The court of criminal appeals is granted rulemaking power to promulgate rules of posttrial, appellate, and review procedure in criminal cases except that its rules may not abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive…

Sec. 22.109. RULES OF EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES. (a) The court of criminal appeals has the full rulemaking power in the promulgation of rules of evidence in the trials of criminal cases, except that its rules may not abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive rights of a litiga…

Sec. 22.1095. RULES ON ELECTRONIC FILING OF DOCUMENTS FOR CAPITAL CASES IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. (a) Notwithstanding Subchapter I, Chapter 51, or any other law, the court of criminal appeals may adopt rules and procedures providing for and governing the electronic filing of …

Sec. 22.110. JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS, AND CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT. (a) The court of criminal appeals shall assure that judicial training related to the problems of family violence, sexual assault, trafficki…

Sec. 22.1105. JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO CERTAIN ALLEGED CHILD OFFENDERS. (a) Each judge of a court with jurisdiction to hear a complaint against a child alleging a violation of a misdemeanor offense punishable by fine only, other than a traffic offense or public intoxicatio…

Sec. 22.1106. JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. The court of criminal appeals shall ensure that judicial training related to court-ordered outpatient mental health services is provided at least once every year. The instruction may be…

Sec. 22.111. TRAINING FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS RELATED TO PUNISHMENT ENHANCEMENT BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE. The court of criminal appeals shall provide to prosecuting attorneys training related to the use of Section 12.47, Penal Code, and Article 42.014, Code of Criminal Proc…

Sec. 22.112. PERMANENT PLACE DESIGNATIONS. (a) The court of criminal appeals is composed of a presiding judge and of eight judges holding places numbered consecutively beginning with Place 2. (b) The designation of offices and places under this section identifies the offices and …

Sec. 22.201. COURTS OF APPEALS DISTRICTS. (a) The state is organized into 15 courts of appeals districts with a court of appeals in each district. (b) The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the counties of Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gr…

Sec. 22.202. FIRST COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the First Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Houston. (b) Harris County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms in Houston for the court and the justices without expense to the state. (c) The cou…

Sec. 22.203. SECOND COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Second Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Fort Worth. (b) The court may transact its business in any county in the district as the court determines is necessary or convenient. (c) Repealed …

Sec. 22.204. THIRD COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Austin. (b) The court may transact its business at the county seat of any of the counties within its district as the court determines is necessary an…

Sec. 22.205. FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of San Antonio. (b) The court may transact its business at the county seat of any of the counties within its district, as the court determines is nece…

Sec. 22.206. FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court of Appeals District shall be primarily held in the City of Dallas. (b) The court may transact its business in any county in the district as the court determines is necessary and convenient. (c) The …

Sec. 22.207. SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Texarkana. (b) The court may transact its business in the City of Texarkana or the county seat of any county in the district as the court determines …

Sec. 22.208. SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS. The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Amarillo. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 1.12, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 22.209. EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of El Paso. (b) The court may transact its business at the county seat of any county in the district as the court determines is necessary and convenie…

Sec. 22.210. NINTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Beaumont. (b) The City of Beaumont shall furnish and equip suitable rooms for the court and the justices without expense to the state. (c) The court …

Sec. 22.211. TENTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Waco or in the county seat of any county located within the Tenth Court of Appeals District. (b) The City of Waco shall furnish and equip suitable ro…

Sec. 22.212. ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Eastland. (b) Eastland County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms for the court and the justices without expense to the state. (c) The court…

Sec. 22.213. TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Twelfth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Tyler. (b) The City of Tyler and Smith County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms and a library for the court and the justices without expense…

Sec. 22.214. THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Corpus Christi and the City of Edinburg. (b) Nueces County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms in the City of Corpus Christi and Hidalgo…

Sec. 22.215. FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Houston. (b) Harris County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms in Houston for the court and the justices without expense to the state. (…

Sec. 22.2151. FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Austin. (b) The Fifteenth Court of Appeals may transact its business in any county in the district as the court determines is necessary and …

Sec. 22.2152. REPORT ON FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS. Not later than December 1 of each year, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall submit to the legislature a report on the number and types of cases heard by the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Co…

Sec. 22.216. MEMBERSHIP; PERMANENT PLACE DESIGNATIONS. (a) The Court of Appeals for the First Court of Appeals District consists of a chief justice and of eight justices holding places numbered consecutively beginning with Place 2. (b) The Court of Appeals for the Second Court of…

Sec. 22.217. DISQUALIFICATION. (a) The fact that at least two members of a court of appeals are disqualified to determine a case in the court shall be certified to the governor. (b) The governor immediately shall commission the requisite number of persons who are learned in the l…

Sec. 22.218. TERM OF COURT. The term of each court of appeals begins and ends with each calendar year. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 22.219. ADJOURNMENT. (a) A court of appeals may adjourn from day to day or for the periods that it considers proper. (b) If a quorum of a court is not present on any day of the term, a justice of the court or the bailiff attending the court may adjourn the court from time to…

Sec. 22.220. CIVIL JURISDICTION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), each court of appeals has appellate jurisdiction of all civil cases within its district of which the district courts or county courts have jurisdiction when the amount in controversy or the judgment render…

Sec. 22.221. WRIT POWER. (a) Each court of appeals or a justice of a court of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus and all other writs necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of the court. (b) Subject to Subsection (c-1), each court of appeals for a court of appeals district may is…

Sec. 22.222. COURT SITTING IN PANELS. (a) Each court of appeals may sit in panels of not fewer than three justices for the purpose of hearing cases. (b) If more than one panel is used, the court of appeals shall establish rules to periodically rotate the justices among the panels…

Sec. 22.223. COURT SITTING EN BANC. (a) The chief justice of each court of appeals, under rules established by the court, shall convene the court en banc for the transaction of all business other than the hearing of cases and may convene the court en banc for the purpose of heari…

Sec. 22.224. SEAL. The clerk of each court of appeals shall obtain a seal for the court. The seal shall have a star with five points and the words "Court of Appeals of the State of Texas" engraved on it. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 22.225. EFFECT OF JUDGMENT IN CIVIL CASES. (a) A judgment of a court of appeals is conclusive on the facts of the case in all civil cases. (b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 150 (H.B. 1761), Sec. 4(3), eff. September 1, 2017. (c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg.…

Sec. 22.226. MANDATE. When the court from which an appeal is taken is deprived of jurisdiction over the case pending the appeal and the case is determined by a court of appeals or the court of criminal appeals, the mandate of the appellate court that determines the case shall be …

Sec. 22.228. SPECIAL COMMISSIONER. (a) The other justices of a court of appeals shall certify to the governor the following facts when they occur: (1) a justice of the court of appeals is totally disabled to discharge any of the duties of his office because of physical or mental …

Sec. 22.229. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM FUND. (a) An appellate judicial system fund is established for each court of appeals, other than the Court of Appeals of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District, to: (1) assist the court of appeals in the processing of appeals filed with the…

Sec. 22.301. SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL OF APPELLATE COURTS. The salaries of the state prosecuting attorney and the clerks, other officers, and employees of the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, and courts of appeals shall be determined by the legislature in its a…

Sec. 22.3015. EXPENSES OF APPELLATE COURT JUDGE OR JUSTICE. (a) A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, or a justice of a court of appeals engaged in the discharge of official duties in a county other than the justice's or judge's county of resid…

Sec. 22.302. USE OF TELECONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY. (a) At the discretion of its chief justice or presiding judge, the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals may order that oral argument be presented through the use of teleconferencing technology. The pa…

Sec. 22.303. RECORDING OF CERTAIN COURT PROCEEDINGS. If appropriated funds or donations are available in the amount necessary to cover the cost, the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals shall make a video recording or other electronic visual and audio recording of each…

Sec. 22.304. COURT SITTING IN PANELS FOR CERTAIN ELECTION PROCEEDINGS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) In this section, "public official" means any person elected, selected, appointed, employed, or otherwise designated as an officer, employee, or agent of this state, a government agency, a…

Sec. 22.305. PRIORITY OF CERTAIN ELECTION PROCEEDINGS. (a) The supreme court or a court of appeals shall prioritize over any other proceeding pending or filed in the court a proceeding for injunctive relief or for a writ of mandamus under Chapter 273, Election Code, pending or fi…

Sec. 22A.001. ELIGIBLE PROCEEDINGS. (a) The attorney general may petition the chief justice of the supreme court to convene a special three-judge district court in any suit filed in a district court in this state in which this state or a state officer or agency is a defendant in …