{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-75.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 75.003","heading":"ASSIGNMENT OF FORMER APPELLATE JUDGE.","body":"(a) A former judge whose last judicial office before leaving active service was justice or judge of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals is, with the former judge's consent to each assignment, subject to assignment by the chief justice of the supreme court:\n(1) to sit on an appellate, district, or statutory county court; and\n(2) to the administrative judicial region in which the former judge resides for reassignment by the presiding judge of that region to a district or statutory county court within the region.\n(b) A reassignment by a presiding judge under Subsection (a)(2) is subject to the requirements of Section 74.055. The assignment of a former judge by the chief justice to the administrative region of the former judge's residence continues only during the period for which the former judge has certified a willingness to serve under Section 74.0551.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 19, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 75. OTHER COURT ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER A. ASSIGNMENT OF FORMER JUDGES AND RETIRED JUDGES WHO ELECT TO BE JUDICIAL OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.75.htm#75.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2b61443f39e6180dd308e93d4ad98aeb3d101de07ff9c404d41e4cf77a22ef66","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-75.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-75.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}