{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-39.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 39.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This chapter applies to a person elected to or holding any of the following judicial offices:\n(1) chief justice or justice of the supreme court;\n(2) presiding judge or judge of the court of criminal appeals;\n(3) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals;\n(4) district judge, including a criminal district judge;\n(5) business court judge; and\n(6) judge of a statutory county court.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. JUDGES","CHAPTER 39. JUDICIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.39.htm#39.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"bd8c5108418d8254fbb933c25e58521201e84fe75fa2f62dddacfbdf16d5f4e3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-38.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-39.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}