{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.1602","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 54.1602","heading":"JURISDICTION.","body":"A magistrate has concurrent criminal jurisdiction with the judges of the justice of the peace courts of Bell County.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 251), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES","SUBCHAPTER EE. BELL COUNTY CRIMINAL MAGISTRATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54.htm#54.1602","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7c61cee749f770720946581b442096d0953231fddeeb5832fc127ca0e06310ae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.1601","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.1603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}