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In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...
San Angelo, Tom Green County: 1928 built Travis County Courthouse: Austin, Travis County: 1931 built Trinity County Courthouse: Groveton, Trinity County: 1914 built 2004 RTHL [358] Tyler County Courthouse: Woodville, Tyler County: 1891, 1935 built 2000 RTHL [359] Built in 1891 in Italianate style; extensively renovated in 1936. [citation needed ...
The county judge could act as a budget officer and have election duties, according to the Handbook of Texas. The county judge can also be an ex-officio school superintendent in places with less ...
On December 9, 1978, Travis County voters approved an $8.5 million bond package for a new jail. [10] Construction on the new jail began in 1981, and Travis County officially took ownership of the new jail in 1986 after costs had ballooned to more than $21 million. [11]
The county also declined to release information sought by the Statesman through a half-dozen requests under the Texas Public Information Act about the transaction. ... The Texas Office of Court ...
This category is for people who are or have been County Judge of counties in the state of Texas. (In Texas, the County Judge is the chief executive of the county, similar to the mayor of a city, though with far less actual authority.) For judges of state courts, see Category:Texas state court judges
Dib Waldrip, presiding judge of the 3rd Administrative Judicial Region, will oversee the case. On Friday, he assigned Bell County Attorney Jim Nichols to be the prosecuting attorney.