{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.404","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 51.404","heading":"SPECIAL DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK IN GALVESTON COUNTY.","body":"The Commissioners Court of Galveston County may pay for the services of a special deputy district county clerk if the commissioners court considers a deputy clerk necessary. The clerk of the court in which the deputy clerk serves shall appoint the deputy clerk.\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 E. COUNTY CLERKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.51.htm#51.404","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"83de2b8aba4ccae794a69699e842b17824531816b996cf539106f021482e6acc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.403","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}