{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.164","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 74.164","heading":"AUTHORITY TO PRESIDE.","body":"Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a judge who is qualified and authorized by law to preside in the court to which an action is transferred under this subchapter may preside over the transferred action as if the transferred action were originally filed in the transferor court.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 3.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 74. COURT ADMINISTRATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER H. JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.74.htm#74.164","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"9f192c02925bd2f5f5fc8ac5858ea5793db940195b7be02dd79961002c837fbf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.163","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-74.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}