{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-76.0045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 76.0045","heading":"JUDICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; IMMUNITY.","body":"(a) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for personnel decisions is limited to the appointment of a department director and a fiscal officer.\n(b) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for budgetary decisions is limited to:\n(1) appointment of a fiscal officer; and\n(2) review of the department's budget following the division's approval of the budget.\n(c) A judge described by Section 76.002 has judicial immunity in a suit arising from:\n(1) the performance of a duty described by Section 76.002(a); or\n(2) the appointment of a department director or a fiscal officer or an act or failure to act by a department employee or by a department director or fiscal officer.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 255 (H.B. 1326), Sec. 4, eff. May 30, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 774 (S.B. 663), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 76. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.76.htm#76.0045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"9d3bfc1bee9f4c9b95d16d0ced7f7aac06b61a4f31c0610718b2d64e7bef9049","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-76.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-76.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}