Texas § 74.060 LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT.

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§ 74.060 — LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT.

Texas § 74.060

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 74.060 (2026).

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Sec. 74.060. LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT.

(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.

(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.

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Sec. 74.060. LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT. (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.
(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.

Legislative History

Added 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.