Sec. (a) The 39th Judicial District is composed of Haskell, Kent, Stonewall, and Throckmorton counties. 24.272. (1) original jurisdiction of criminal cases within the jurisdiction of a district court; (2) concurrent original and appellate jurisdiction with the county courts at law of misdemeanor cases normally within the exclusive jurisdiction of the county courts at law; and. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 80TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (2) for which the sitting judge of the district court has not at the time of the agreement announced a candidacy or become a candidate in the upcoming election for that judicial office. September 1, 2015. 24.503. 165 (H.B. 395TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WILLIAMSON COUNTY). Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. September 1, 2013. (b) The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and has the power to make investigations, hold hearings, compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records, administer oaths, and do all things necessary in its judgment to carry out its duties. The 328th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County. (a) The 146th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. 24.517. 8(a), eff. September 1, 2009. The criminal district courts also have concurrent original jurisdiction with the county criminal courts over misdemeanor cases. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 40), Sec. (a) The 208th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. September 1, 2011. Sept. 1, 1987. 1352 (S.B. (a) The 289th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 109TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANDREWS, CRANE, AND WINKLER COUNTIES). (a) The 246th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 810, Sec. 24.154. 230, Sec. 372ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (d) Section 24.230, relating to the 128th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 163rd District Court. 1189), Sec. Sec. 442ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). Sec. (3) sign all necessary orders and judgments in those matters. 24.902. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The 52nd Judicial District is composed of Coryell County. 24.539. (b) The terms of the 135th District Court in each county of the district begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Aug. 28, 1995. (a) The 406th Judicial District is composed of Webb County. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 24.60098. Sec. 2(a), eff. 1.03(b), eff. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 55th District Court. Sec. 391ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TOM GREEN COUNTY). (b) The 345th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 1352 (S.B. (d) The 276th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts in Camp, Marion, and Morris counties over all matters of criminal jurisdiction, original and appellate, in cases over which the particular county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. 148, Sec. 1, eff. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1, eff. 401ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). September 1, 2011. (b) When the docket of a family district court becomes so excessive that the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region in which that court is located considers it an emergency, a retired judge of a special juvenile court or a domestic relations court residing within the geographic limits of the respective administrative judicial region, who meets the qualifications set out in Subsection (a), may be appointed by the presiding judge to sit for the regular judge as long as the emergency exists. (c) All civil and criminal matters within the concurrent jurisdiction of the county and district courts must be filed with the county clerk in the county court. (c) Section 24.149, relating to the 47th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 181st District Court. (d) The Ector County sheriff or the sheriff's deputy shall attend the court as required by law or by the judge. The 454th Judicial District is composed of Medina County. (a) The 426th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. The court shall give preference to criminal cases. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (b) The 202nd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. 24.548. 24.271. (a) The 274th Judicial District is composed of Comal, Guadalupe, and Hays counties. 1124, Sec. The 467th Judicial District is composed of Denton County. 3.04, eff. 74TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MCLENNAN COUNTY). 3.01, eff. (a) The 79th Judicial District is composed of Brooks and Jim Wells counties. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (b) The terms of the 23rd District Court begin: (1) in Matagorda County on the first Mondays in June and December, and the terms are designated the June-November and December-May terms; and. (c) The terms of the 66th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November. (a-1) The 74th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county court and the statutory county courts of McLennan County in misdemeanor cases as well as the jurisdiction prescribed by general law for district courts. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing. (b) The 484th District Court shall give preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code. 24.016. 5.95(83), eff. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The terms of the 95th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and December. 279TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY). 24.205. 1329), Sec. (c) The 111th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the other district courts in Webb County. Sec. Matters within the courts' concurrent jurisdiction may be filed in either court and may be transferred between the district court and county court. (b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 131st District Court. 480, Sec. The 234th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 1352 (S.B. (a) The 34th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. 247TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 20, eff. (c) The judges of the 70th and 118th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. 1, eff. (c) In all suits, actions, or proceedings in the district courts in Galveston County, it is sufficient for the address or designation to be the "District Court of Galveston County.". 2.02(a), eff. 114TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (SMITH COUNTY). (a) The 135th Judicial District is composed of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria counties. The 199th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. Each term begins on a day fixed by law and continues until the day fixed by law for the beginning of the next succeeding term. (b) The terms of court of the 344th District Court begin on the first Mondays in June and December of each year. Sept. 1, 2003. 1951), Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 934 (H.B. Sec. 294TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (VAN ZANDT COUNTY). Sec. The 270th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 24.382. 313TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 90, Sec. September 1, 2022. 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 138th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, July, and November. 24.60029. All writs and processes issued and bonds and recognizances made in transferred cases are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued in that court. 24.133. 24.904. 2, eff. Sec. Sec. 1337, Sec. Sec. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. Sec. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 80th District Court. 750 (H.B. (d) Subchapter C applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 1951), Sec. 7 begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. The 235th Judicial District is composed of Cooke County. September 1, 2015. 262ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 1012, Sec. 635, Sec. 181ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES). 24.60094. Sec. 704, Sec. 1, eff. 1182 (S.B. 2, eff. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1329), Sec. Jan. 1, 2001. Art. 24.452. Sept. 1, 1985. October 1, 2022. (c) Section 24.149, relating to the 47th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 251st District Court. 355), Sec. 24.030. Sec. 480, Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1082 (H.B. 1352 (S.B. 191ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 11, eff. 178TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 580 (S.B. 4, eff. 1, eff. Sec. CERTAIN EFFECT OF DISTRICT REORGANIZATION. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 216TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GILLESPIE AND KERR COUNTIES). Sec. Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.301. 1494, Sec. (3) inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the judge's election. 5, eff. 3774), Sec. 332ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 3(2), eff. 24.261. (a) The 461st Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County. 891), Sec. 24.241. Sec. 480, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009. 214TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NUECES COUNTY). The judges, by agreement, shall take their vacations alternately so that a judge is present in one of the courts at all times. 461ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). 24.254. Sec. A district judge may appoint counsel to attend to the cause of a party who makes an affidavit that he is too poor to employ counsel to attend to the cause. (b) The 207th District Court has the same jurisdiction in Comal County as the 22nd District Court has in Comal County and shall give preference to criminal cases in Caldwell, Comal, and Hays counties. June 17, 2011. Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 24.6005. Sec. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2(g), eff. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. (b) The 427th Judicial District shall give preference to criminal matters. Sec. Sec. 505TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). Any of the judges may issue restraining orders and injunctions returnable to any of the other judges or courts. (a) The 167th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. Sec. 24.530. Sept. 1, 1985. (a) The 411th Judicial District is composed of Polk, San Jacinto, and Trinity counties. (b) The terms of the 106th District Court begin: (1) in Dawson County on the third Monday in February and the second Monday in September; (2) in Gaines County on the first Mondays in April and October; (3) in Garza County on the first Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September; and. (c) The terms of the 34th District Court begin on the third Mondays in April and September and the first Mondays in January, July, and November. (c) The 424th District Court has the same terms of court as the 33rd District Court. Sec. Sec. 2 is composed of Dallas County. (a) The 343rd Judicial District is composed of Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, and San Patricio counties. 33, eff. 24.206. 24.60030. 1, eff. 24.178. 1352 (S.B. 2(a), eff. The 448th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. Sec. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.152. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court. 480, Sec. 24.6002. (a) The 130th Judicial District is composed of Matagorda County. (a) The 435th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. 24.218. 24.126. Sept. 1, 1985. (b) The 471st District Court shall give preference to civil matters. (a) This section applies to payment of salary to: (1) a special judge commissioned by the governor as provided by Article V, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution; and. 24.6001. 24.565. 143RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LOVING, REEVES, AND WARD COUNTIES). 298TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 307TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GREGG COUNTY). 24.208. 1 shall give primary preference to felony drug cases and associated civil cases emanating from those felony drug cases. 959 (H.B. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark opinion in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017), a question arising under the Fair . 367TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). (2) in Lubbock County on the second Mondays in February and August. 1182 (S.B. (b) The 197th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. Sec. (b) The 295th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 26, Sec. 24.586. 136TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY). Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. In case of absence, sickness, or disqualification, any of the other judges may hold court for him. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1(b), eff. (e) The court shall have a seal similar to the seal of a district court with "Criminal District Court of Jefferson County" engraved on the seal. (a) The 102nd Judicial District is composed of Bowie and Red River counties. 467TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). 852 (H.B. Sec. November 1, 2010. 24.236. The 483rd Judicial District is composed of Hays County. All bonds executed and recognizances entered into in a transferring court shall bind the parties for their appearance or to fulfill the obligations of the bonds and recognizances at the terms of the court to which the transfer is made. 1337, Sec. (e) Each of the judges of the 23rd and 130th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. (b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 73rd District Court. 17TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). 1352 (S.B. Sec. 446TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ECTOR COUNTY). 24.151. 24.033. January 1, 2012. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court. (b) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 243rd District Court. 1, eff. 24.213. 1059 (H.B. (b) The 258th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction in Polk County with the county court over all misdemeanor cases over which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. 2936), Sec. Sec. The 360th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. 24.437. 24.124. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.128. 1337, Sec. 24.234. 1, eff. 6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ( LAMAR AND RED RIVER COUNTIES). 24, Sec. (a) A district court shall sit in the county seat for a jury trial in a civil case. The 261st Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 1189), Sec. Sec. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 157th District Court. 1951), Sec. (b) The terms of the 68th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, May, September, and December. Sec. 1329), Sec. Sec. 1147, Sec. 3.13(16), eff. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 24.003. Sec. 363, Sec. All suits and proceedings within the jurisdiction of the courts in Matagorda County shall be addressed to the district court of Matagorda County. Sec. The 358th Judicial District is composed of Ector County. (c) The terms of the 92nd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 24.626. 8.44(2), eff. (b) Section 24.108, relating to the 8th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 354th District Court. The receiving clerk shall promptly docket the transferred case. Sec. The 419th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. JUDGE. 2.19(a), eff. (2) in Tyler County on the first Mondays in June and December. 14, eff. (f) There is one general docket for the 23rd and 329th district courts in Wharton County. Jan. 1, 1998. Sec. Sec. 302ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 2, p. 317, ch. 75 (S.B. January 1, 2011. 1, eff. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Northern District of Texas David C. Godbey, Chief Judge Karen Mitchell, Clerk of Court. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 1189), Sec. 24.226. (a) The 228th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189), Sec. Sec. Sec. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 148, Sec. (b) The terms of the 54th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November. 85 (S.B. 643), Sec. 1, eff. Sec. 1, eff. Sec. 480, Sec. 1, eff. 16, eff. (a) The 37th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 21, Sec. 24.172. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The 170th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. (d) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to all the district courts in Bexar County. 24.214. 24.180. 704, Sec. Sec. 4037), Sec. 24.442. (c) Section 24.153, relating to the 51st District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 119th District Court. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (d) The judges of the 25th and Second 25th judicial districts may hear and dispose of any suit or proceeding on either court's docket without transferring the suit or proceeding. 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). Sec. 242ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CASTRO, HALE, AND SWISHER COUNTIES). 1, eff. (b) The 25th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Second 25th District Court. (b) The terms of the 26th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. (b) The terms of the 142nd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July of each year. 24.021. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1189), Sec. Sec. Sec. 855 (H.B. The amount of compensation may not exceed the amount paid to a witness subpoenaed by a district court in a civil proceeding. (c) The following procedures in any civil or criminal case are the same and have the same force and effect when done at a special term as though done at a regular term: (1) the issuance of process, whether to a regular term or a special term; (3) the issuance of an order, judgment, or decree; and. 541 (S.B. ____ of Tarrant County" engraved in the margin.