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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 ...
Legislative Reference Library of Texas (May 6, 2006). "Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives, 1846-present". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010; Sorensen, Stephanie S. (2006). "Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives"
As a presiding officer, the Speaker must enforce, apply, and interpret the rules of the House, call House members to order, lay business in order before the House and receive propositions made by members, refer proposed legislation to a committee, preserve order and decorum, recognize people in the gallery, state and hold votes on questions ...
The trial and appellate business courts will be open for cases on September 1, 2024. [16] This new court is a separate statutory court, and not a division of the district court. Thus, it will remove some types of cases from the dockets of the district courts where the new business court is operational.
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised allows this motion to be used if the occupant of the chair is not the regular presiding officer of a society, in which case it is a question of privilege affecting the assembly. [1] If the chair is the regular presiding officer, the motion to declare the chair vacant cannot be used. [2]
Voters will choose a new presiding judge for Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals after the current officeholder, Republican Sharon Keller, lost her party’s primary on March 5.. The court, which ...
The Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with the County and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same buildings. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration , the Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas (the Texas Bar).
In effect, Texas law allows two people to fight and injure each other.” To a certain point. Infliction of serious bodily injury nullifies the exemption, and no weapons are allowed.