{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 74.005","heading":"APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDING JUDGES OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL REGIONS.","body":"(a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one judge in each administrative judicial region as presiding judge of the region.\n(b) On the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of office of a presiding judge, the governor immediately shall appoint or reappoint a presiding judge.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 7.01, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 74. COURT ADMINISTRATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER A. CHIEF JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.74.htm#74.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"65e7315a614657d7d31cf42d749b5bd09097ae0effbc011fcaa47c722f50ec8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}