{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.312","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 51.312","heading":"SPECIAL DEPUTY DISTRICT CLERK IN DALLAS, EL PASO, HARRIS, TARRANT, AND TRAVIS COUNTIES.","body":"(a) In Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Tarrant, and Travis counties, the district clerk may appoint, at the request of a district judge, a special deputy district clerk to serve that judge's court.\n(b) The salary of a special deputy clerk appointed under this section shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 51. CLERKS","SUBCHAPTER D. DISTRICT CLERKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.51.htm#51.312","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"9c2980acb3945ae003653106fbb2ed06deb6586ea42e2265f32280270539cc1d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.311","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}