{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-79.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 79.013","heading":"EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.","body":"The ex officio members of the board are:\n(1) the following six members of the council:\n(A) the chief justice of the supreme court;\n(B) the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals;\n(C) one of the members of the senate serving on the council who is designated by the lieutenant governor;\n(D) the member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house;\n(E) one of the courts of appeals justices serving on the council who is designated by the governor; and\n(F) one of the county court or statutory county court judges serving on the council who is designated by the governor or, if a county court or statutory county court judge is not serving on the council, one of the statutory probate court judges serving on the council who is designated by the governor;\n(2) one other member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor; and\n(3) the chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 984 (H.B. 1754), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 79. TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.79.htm#79.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"ae38bb920ea929d3aa402e87b79ff44ce3b208d64599ea17eb97fb277b016a38","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-79.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-79.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}