{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.761","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 54.761","heading":"INACTIVE COURT.","body":"(a) If in the opinion of a majority of the judges of the El Paso Council of Judges the criminal law magistrate court should not continue in active operation after it is created, then by an order or orders signed by the local administrative judge all pending cases on the active docket of the criminal law magistrate court shall be transferred to the court or courts of other magistrates that have potential jurisdiction over the cases transferred.\n(b) The local administrative judge shall select the courts to which the cases are transferred under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.32(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","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#54.761","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"ef11fc975abc9734d2aa39be9a76c26656b97cefc5c332d4555f7a72109d314e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.760","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.762"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}