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Tex. Government Code § 54.984: CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATES.

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GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH
SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS
CHAPTER 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES
SUBCHAPTER Q. CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATES IN TRAVIS COUNTY

(a) If a criminal law magistrate appointed under this subchapter is absent or unable to serve, the judge referring the case may appoint another criminal law magistrate to serve for the absent magistrate.

(b) A criminal law magistrate serving for another magistrate under this section has the powers and shall perform the duties of the magistrate for whom he is serving.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 849, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

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