{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.744","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 54.744","heading":"JUDGES ON EL PASO COUNCIL OF JUDGES.","body":"Unless the local rules of administration provide otherwise, the judges on the El Paso Council of Judges and the judges on the criminal law magistrate court may sit and act for any magistrate in El Paso County on any unindicted felony or Class A or B misdemeanor case if an information has not been filed or any Class C misdemeanor case filed in a justice 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(j), 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#54.744","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e1ab268651a1dd894e7e9b293f4494de6d20c97d996ab1ad18da4964fc8fc169","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.743","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.745"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}