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The county judge serves as the presiding officer of the commissioners court, while the county clerk is charged with keeping the minutes of the court, and attesting any actions it make take. State law requires, except in cases of emergency, that an agenda of the items to be considered by the court be posted at least 72 hours prior to its meeting.
Since the county judge is also responsible for presiding over the Commissioners Court (the main executive and legislative body of the county), in 94 counties the Texas Legislature has established county courts at law to relieve the county judge of judicial duties. The first multi-county statutory county court (composed of Fisher, Mitchell, and ...
Garcia was elected to the Harris Country Commissioners Court in the November 6, 2018 general election. He took office as the Precinct 2 Commissioner on January 1, 2019. [42] Garcia ran for re-election against Republican Jack Morman (the former Precinct 2 commissioner) in the 2022 election.
The county judge does not have authority to veto a decision of the commissioners court; the judge votes along with the commissioners (being the tie-breaker in close calls). In smaller counties, the county judge actually does perform judicial duties, but in larger counties the judge's role is limited to serving on the commissioners court and ...
Brazoria County, Harris County and Liberty County: Its county seat, named after Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory (1777–1785) 361,744: 399 sq mi (1,033 km 2) Garza County: 169: Post: 1876: Bexar County: José Antonio de la Garza, pioneering settler and first Mayor of San Antonio: 4,517: 896 sq mi (2,321 km 2 ...
Paxton wrote Monday night to the Harris County Commissioner’s Court, referring to the 2020 case, “I sued you and won.” And although that case was about voting by mail, not registration ...
The Harris County Commissioners closed the poor farm in August 1958. [42] In 2014, no more burials were allowed to occur at the Oates Road facility due to overcapacity. [43] By 2013 the county was building a second potter's field due to overcapacity at the first. [42] Harris County Eastgate Cemetery had started operations in 2014. [43]
Critics have cast the laws as a power grab by Texas’ Republican-led legislature, aimed at disrupting how elections are run in an increasingly blue part of a traditionally red state.