{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-23.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 23.002","heading":"SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF CRIMINAL TRIAL COURTS NOT CONDITIONED ON EXHAUSTION OF CIVIL REMEDIES.","body":"Unless expressly provided otherwise, the exhaustion of civil, including administrative, remedies is not a prerequisite to the vesting in a trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over a criminal action for which the trial court would otherwise have jurisdiction under other law.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (S.B. 1220), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 23. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR TRIAL COURTS","SUBCHAPTER A. JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.23.htm#23.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"3fbbc8531a060889d1cf6f7bfd4f1e7c773faace91f2b4d5ce1008ffdcef0da2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-23.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-23.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}