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Tex. Local Government Code § 361.027: COURTROOMS AND COURT PROCEEDINGS AT JUSTICE CENTER.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
- SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER 361. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO JAILS
- SUBCHAPTER B. JUSTICE CENTERS LOCATED ON STATE LINE
(a) A court of appeals or a district, county, justice, or municipal court with jurisdiction in the county or municipality in which a part of the justice center is located may maintain offices and courtrooms and may hold proceedings at the center, except that:
(1) only a justice court for the precinct in which the part of the justice center in this state is located may maintain an office and courtroom in the center; and
(2) a court of this state may not hold proceedings in the part of the center that is located in the other state.
(b) A court of the other state may hold proceedings in the part of the justice center that is located in this state.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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