{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.01546","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 30.01546","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 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 136, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 30. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD","SUBCHAPTER OO. SANSOM PARK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm#30.01546","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"4128747ddf000ab4e06b908ee8f30ce28c20565fb9e3eb4d0eec5e6d3daae48a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.01545","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.01547"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}