{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.01273","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 30.01273","heading":"JOINT COURTS: CREATION.","body":"(a) The governing body of the city may contract with one or more municipalities that have municipal courts of record to establish a joint municipal court of record to serve the contracting municipalities.\n(b) A joint municipal court of record created under this section replaces each municipality's individual municipal court of record.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 30. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD","SUBCHAPTER GG. LAKE WORTH"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm#30.01273","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"472783f26876338d6a62fec1d0ae46725820441b9bcb5241a76996c2f3e6ffba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.01257","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.01274"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}