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TX Govt Code § 24.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.003. Transfer of Cases; Exchange of Benches

Sec. 24.003.  TRANSFER OF CASES; EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.  (a)  This section applies only to counties with two or more district courts.(b)  Unless provided otherwise by the local rules of administration, a district judge in the county may:(1)  except as provided by Subsection (b-1), transfer any civil or criminal case or proceeding on the court's docket, other than a case governed by Chapter 155, Family Code, to the docket of another district court in the county;(2)  hear and determine any case or proceeding pending in another district court in the county without having the case transferred;(3)  sit for another district court in the county and hear and determine any case or proceeding pending in that court;(4)  temporarily exchange benches with the judge of another district court in the county;(5)  try different cases in the same court at the same time; and(6)  occupy the judge's own courtroom or the courtroom of another district court in the county.(b-1)  Notwithstanding the local rules of administration, a district judge may not transfer any civil or criminal case or proceeding to the docket of another district court without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred.(c)  If a district judge in the county is sick or otherwise absent, another district judge in the county may hold court for the judge.(d)  A district judge in the county may hear and determine any part or question of any case or proceeding pending in any of the district courts, and any other district judge may complete the hearing and render judgment in the case or proceeding.  A district judge may hear and determine motions, including motions for new trial, petitions for injunction, applications for the appointment of a receiver, interventions, pleas in abatement, dilatory pleas, and all preliminary matters, questions, and proceedings, and may enter judgment or order on them in the court in which the case or proceeding is pending without transferring the case or proceeding.  The district judge in whose court the matter is pending may proceed to hear, complete, and determine the matter, or all or any part of another matter, and render a final judgment.  A district judge may issue a restraining order or injunction that is returnable to any other district court.(e)  A judgment or order shall be entered in the minutes of the court in which the case is pending.(f)  This section does not limit the powers of a district judge when acting for another judge by exchange of benches or otherwise.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 90, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.02, eff. January 1, 2012.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 962 (H.B. 1875), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 24.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.004. Special Judge by Agreement of Parties

Sec. 24.004.  SPECIAL JUDGE BY AGREEMENT OF PARTIES.  If the parties agree on a special judge for the trial of a particular case, the clerk shall enter in the minutes of the court, as a part of the proceedings in the case, a record showing:(1)  that the judge of the court is disqualified to try the case;(2)  the name of the special judge and that the parties agreed on the selection of that judge for the trial of the case;  and(3)  that the oath prescribed by law was administered to the special judge.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.006. Salary of Special Judge

Sec. 24.006.  SALARY OF SPECIAL JUDGE.  (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(2)  a special judge agreed on by the parties as provided by Section 24.004.(b)  Each special judge is entitled to receive for each day served as a special judge the same daily salary that a district judge receives.(c)  A special judge commissioned by the governor is also entitled to receive the same daily salary that a district judge receives for each day necessary for the special judge to travel to and from the court.(d)  The daily salary is determined by dividing the annual salary of a district judge by 365.(e)  In order to obtain his salary, a special judge commissioned by the governor must present his sworn account to the comptroller showing the number of travel days that were necessary.  The judge must also give the comptroller evidence that the judge was duly commissioned.  The account must be certified as correct by the judge of the district or by the court clerk of the court in which he served.(f)  A special judge agreed on by the parties or elected by the practicing lawyers shall be paid on presenting to the comptroller the certificate of the clerk of the court in which he served and the judge's sworn account.  The clerk's certificate must show the record of the judge's election or appointment and must show that the judge performed services in the court.  The judge's sworn account must show the number of days that he served as the special judge.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 90, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 24.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.007. Jurisdiction

Sec. 24.007.  JURISDICTION.  (a)  The district court has the jurisdiction provided by Article V, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution.(b)  A district court has original jurisdiction of a civil matter in which the amount in controversy is more than $500, exclusive of interest.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 1.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.02, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Govt Code § 24.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.008. Other Jurisdiction

Sec. 24.008.  OTHER JURISDICTION.  The district court may hear and determine any cause that is cognizable by courts of law or equity and may grant any relief that could be granted by either courts of law or equity.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.009. Jurisdictional Amount if Parties Properly Join in One Suit

Sec. 24.009.  JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT IF PARTIES PROPERLY JOIN IN ONE SUIT.  If two or more persons originally and properly join in one suit, the suit for jurisdictional purposes is treated as if one party is suing for the aggregate amount of all their claims added together, excluding interest and costs.  This section does not prevent jurisdiction from attaching on any other ground.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.010. Jurisdiction of Failure to Pay Over Certain Money

Sec. 24.010.  JURISDICTION OF FAILURE TO PAY OVER CERTAIN MONEY.  The district court may hear and determine:(1)  motions against sheriffs and other officers of the court for failure to pay over money collected under the process of the court or other defalcation of duty in connection with the process;  and(2)  motions against attorneys for money collected by them and not paid over.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.011. Writ Power

Sec. 24.011.  WRIT POWER.  A judge of a district court may, either in termtime or vacation, grant writs of mandamus, injunction, sequestration, attachment, garnishment, certiorari, and supersedeas and all other writs necessary to the enforcement of the court's jurisdiction.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.012. Terms and Sessions of Court

Sec. 24.012.  TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and Section 24.0125, notwithstanding any other law, each district court holds in each county in the judicial district terms that commence on the first Mondays in January and July of each year.  To the extent of a conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating to a particular judicial district, this section controls.(a-1)  The term of the 47th District Court in Armstrong County begins on the first Monday in January.(a-2)  In Harris County each district court holds terms that commence on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and November of each year.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the terms of each district, family district, and criminal district court are continuous.  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.(c)  The commencement of a term of court is not affected by the fact that the first day of the term falls on a legal holiday or the judge is absent from the county on the first day of the term.(d)  A district judge may hold as many sessions of court in a county as he considers proper and expedient for the dispatch of business and may adopt rules for that purpose as authorized by the statutes of this state and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.(e)  A district judge may hear a nonjury matter relating to a civil or criminal case at a correctional facility in the county in which the case is filed or prosecuted if a party to the case or the criminal defendant is confined in the correctional facility.  For purposes of this subsection, "correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1494, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.03, eff. January 1, 2012.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081 (H.B. 3378), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1082 (H.B. 3481), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 24.0125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.0125. Terms and Sessions of Court Following Certain Disasters

Sec. 24.0125.  TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.  Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a district court from holding its judicial district terms in accordance with Section 24.012, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the judge of the affected district court, may designate the terms and sessions of court.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 3, eff. June 7, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 24.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.014. Special Terms

Sec. 24.014.  SPECIAL TERMS.  (a)  A district judge may set a time for and hold a special term in any county in his district.(b)  The judge may impanel grand and petit jurors as provided by law.  The jurors may be summoned to appear before the court at the time designated by the judge.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 929 , Sec. 21(2), eff. September 1, 2015.(d)  A new civil case may not be brought to a special term of the court.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 929 (H.B. 2150), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 929 (H.B. 2150), Sec. 21(2), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 24.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.015. Procedure at Special Term

Sec. 24.015.  PROCEDURE AT SPECIAL TERM.  (a)  Juries for special terms authorized by Section 24.014 shall be summoned in the manner provided by law for regular terms.(b)  Any proceeding in a case that may be held at a regular term may also be held at a special term.(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;(2)  the conduct of proceedings;(3)  the issuance of an order, judgment, or decree;  and(4)  an appeal.(d)  A proceeding held at a special term may be appealed as if it were held at a regular term.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.016. Appointed Counsel

Sec. 24.016.  APPOINTED COUNSEL.  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.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.017. Proceedings in Multicounty Districts

Sec. 24.017.  PROCEEDINGS IN MULTICOUNTY DISTRICTS.  (a)  This section applies in judicial districts that are composed of more than one county.(b)  Except as provided by this section, the judge of a district court may, in any county in his judicial district:(1)  hear and determine all preliminary and interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded;(2)  hear and determine uncontested or agreed cases and contests of elections pending in his district, unless a party to the suit objects;  and(3)  sign all necessary orders and judgments in those matters.(c)  The judge may sign an order or decree in any case pending for trial or on trial before him in any county in his district at a place that is convenient to the judge and forward the order or decree to the clerk for filing and entry.(d)  A district judge who is assigned to preside in a court of another judicial district or is presiding in exchange or at the request of the regular judge of the court may, in the manner provided by this section for the regular judge, hear, determine, and enter the orders, judgments, and decrees in a case that is pending for trial or has been tried before the visiting judge.(e)  All contested divorce cases, all default judgments, and all cases in which any of the parties are cited by publication must be tried in the county in which the case is filed unless other law authorizes the case to be tried in another county.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.018. Certain Effect of District Reorganization

Sec. 24.018.  CERTAIN EFFECT OF DISTRICT REORGANIZATION.  If the counties that compose a judicial district or the time or place for holding terms of a district court are changed by law:(1)  the process and writs issued from the district court and made returnable to a term of court fixed by the law at the time of the issuance are returnable to the next term of the court as fixed by the amended law and are as legal and valid as if they were made returnable to the term of the court as fixed by the amended law;(2)  the grand and petit jurors selected or drawn under the prior law in any county in the judicial district are lawfully selected or drawn for the next term of the district court of the county as fixed by the amended law;  and(3)  the obligees in all appearance bonds and recognizances taken in and for the district court and the witnesses summoned to appear before the district court under the prior law are required to appear at the next term of the court as fixed by the amended law.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Govt Code § 24.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.019. Expenses of District Judge

Sec. 24.019.  EXPENSES OF DISTRICT JUDGE.  (a)  A district judge engaged in the discharge of official duties in a county other than the judge's county of residence is entitled to traveling and other necessary expenses, as provided by Chapter 660.(b)  A district judge is entitled to receive from the state the actual and necessary postage, telegraph, and telephone expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties.(c)  The expenses shall be paid by the state on a sworn itemized account showing the expenses.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(105), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 24.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.020. Jurisdiction Over Commissioners Court

Sec. 24.020.  JURISDICTION OVER COMMISSIONERS COURT.  The district court has appellate jurisdiction and general supervisory control over the commissioners court, with the exceptions and regulations prescribed by law.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 1.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 24.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.021. Incompetency

Sec. 24.021.  INCOMPETENCY.  For purposes of Article XV, Section 6, of the Texas Constitution, "incompetency" means:(1)  gross ignorance of official duties;(2)  gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties;  or(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.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 24.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.022. Effect of Transfer of Certain Cases Following Creation of Additional Court

Sec. 24.022.  EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CASES FOLLOWING CREATION OF ADDITIONAL COURT.  (a)  On the creation of an additional district court in a county, an existing district court in the county may transfer to the new court a case regarding a child who is subject to the continuing exclusive jurisdiction of the existing court under Title 5, Family Code, regardless of whether the case is pending in the existing court or the existing court rendered a final order in the case.(b)  The district court to which the case is transferred under this section acquires continuing exclusive jurisdiction under Title 5, Family Code, over the child.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1148, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 24.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.023. Obligations; Bonds

Sec. 24.023.  OBLIGATIONS; BONDS.  (a)  When a case is transferred from one court to another, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, and other obligations issued by the transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued by that court.(b)  The obligees in all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a district court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear before the court to which the case is transferred as if the bond, recognizance, or summons was taken in or for that court.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.04, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Govt Code § 24.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.024. Filing and Docketing Cases

Sec. 24.024.  FILING AND DOCKETING CASES.  In a county with two or more district courts, the district judges may adopt rules governing the filing and numbering of cases, the assignment of cases for trial, and the distribution of the work of the courts as in their discretion they consider necessary or desirable for the orderly dispatch of the business of the courts.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.04, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Govt Code § 24.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.025. Supplemental Compensation

Sec. 24.025.  SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION.  (a)  Unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, all district judges in a county are entitled to equal amounts of supplemental compensation from the county.(b)  A district judge is entitled to an amount of supplemental compensation for serving on the juvenile board of a county that is equal to the amount other judges serving on the juvenile board receive.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.04, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Govt Code § 24.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.026. Appointment of Initial Judge

Sec. 24.026.  APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL JUDGE.  On the creation of a new judicial district, the initial vacancy in the office of district judge is filled in accordance with Section 28, Article V, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.04, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Govt Code § 24.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 2 - Judicial Branch|Subtitle A - Courts|Chapter 24 - District Courts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 24.027. Grand and Petit Jurors

Sec. 24.027.  GRAND AND PETIT JURORS.  All grand and petit jurors selected in a county before a new district court is created or the composition of an existing district court is modified by an amendment to this chapter are considered to be selected for the new or modified district court, as applicable.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.04, eff. January 1, 2012.|