{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 573.043","heading":"PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO DISTRICT JUDGE.","body":"A district judge may not appoint as official stenographer of the judge's district an individual related to the judge or to the district attorney of the district within the third degree.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE B. ETHICS","CHAPTER 573. DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP; NEPOTISM PROHIBITIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. NEPOTISM PROHIBITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.573.htm#573.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"10612c494a46e324923185b35051cdff97bc83b9ac2e0c62703384b2455f73ec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}