{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.736","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 54.736","heading":"COUNCIL OF JUDGES.","body":"(a) The El Paso Council of Judges is composed of the judges of the district courts of El Paso County and the judges of the county courts at law of El Paso County.\n(b) The council of judges shall ensure that the criminal law magistrate court gives preference to magistrate duties, as those duties apply to the county jail inmate population first and then to newly detained individuals, until the commissioners court provides funds for more than one judge to sit on the criminal law magistrate court.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.32(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1182 (S.B. 1139), Sec. 6.01(d), eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES","SUBCHAPTER J. EL PASO CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54.htm#54.736","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2e68ef1f1a80344c07da30f482ba687bcdc40b5e8bafce224f29e29e33abf6bc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.735","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.737"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}