{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.060","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 74.060","heading":"LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT.","body":"(a) An active judge may not, without the judge's consent, be assigned out of the judge's district or county for more than 10 calendar days in a year.\n(b) An active judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals may not be assigned if the judge or justice has served 14 or more days as a visiting judge under this chapter in the year in which the assignment is to be made. This subsection applies only to an initial assignment to a case and does not affect a judge's or justice's continuing to sit in a particular case.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.93(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 726, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1305, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 74. COURT ADMINISTRATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL REGIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.74.htm#74.060","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"b2d1104b77cd62dacc89cf0a596d6cdfc66ed6304fb527190b0a903a699c0076","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.059","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}