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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 72.001. Definitions - Sec. 72.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Court" means any...
Section 72.002. Effect on Judicial Discretion - Sec. 72.002. EFFECT ON JUDICIAL DISCRETION. This chapter or a...
Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions
Section 72.011. Office of Court Administration - Sec. 72.011. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION. (a) The office of...
Section 72.012. Director - Sec. 72.012. DIRECTOR. (a) The director shall: (1) implement this...
Section 72.014. Certification Division - Sec. 72.014. CERTIFICATION DIVISION. The office shall establish a certification...
Section 72.015. Judicial Security Division - Sec. 72.015. JUDICIAL SECURITY DIVISION. (a) The office shall establish...
Section 72.016. Notification Procedure for Judicial Privacy - Sec. 72.016. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR JUDICIAL PRIVACY. The director shall...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
Section 72.021. Budget; Expenditures - Sec. 72.021. BUDGET; EXPENDITURES. (a) The director shall prepare and...
Section 72.022. Personnel - Sec. 72.022. PERSONNEL. (a) The director, with the approval of...
Section 72.023. Consultation and Assistance - Sec. 72.023. CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE. (a) The director shall assist...
Section 72.024. Methods; Recommendations - Sec. 72.024. METHODS; RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The director shall examine the...
Section 72.025. Annual Report - Sec. 72.025. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The director shall prepare an...
Section 72.026. Rules - Sec. 72.026. RULES. The director, under the supervision of the...
Section 72.027. Additional Duties - Sec. 72.027. ADDITIONAL DUTIES. The supreme court or the chief...
Section 72.028. Gifts, Grants, and Donations - Sec. 72.028. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 72.029. Grants for Court System Enhancements - Sec. 72.029. GRANTS FOR COURT SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS. (a) The office...
Section 72.030. Collection of Data Relating to Judicial Turnover - Sec. 72.030. COLLECTION OF DATA RELATING TO JUDICIAL TURNOVER. (a)...
Section 72.031. Electronic Filing System - Sec. 72.031. ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM. (a) In this section: (1)...
Section 72.032. Best Practices Education - Sec. 72.032. BEST PRACTICES EDUCATION. The director shall make available...
Section 72.034. Public Information Internet Website - Sec. 72.034. PUBLIC INFORMATION INTERNET WEBSITE. (a) In this section:...
Section 72.035. Settlement Agreement Database - Sec. 72.035. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DATABASE. (a) The office shall establish...
Section 72.036. Training on Educational and Vocational Training Pilot Program - Sec. 72.036. TRAINING ON EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM....
Section 72.037. Transfer Certificate and Index of Transferred Documents Form - Sec. 72.037. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE AND INDEX OF TRANSFERRED DOCUMENTS FORM....
Section 72.038. Bail Form - Sec. 72.038. BAIL FORM. (a) The office shall promulgate a...
Subchapter D. Judicial Law Clerk and Staff Attorney Recruitment
Section 72.041. Diversity - Sec. 72.041. DIVERSITY. The judges of the supreme court, court...
Section 72.042. Demographic Census - Sec. 72.042. DEMOGRAPHIC CENSUS. (a) The office shall annually publish...
Subchapter E. Court Performance Standards
Section 72.081. Rules - Sec. 72.081. RULES. The office shall adopt rules and forms...
Section 72.082. Performance Report - Sec. 72.082. PERFORMANCE REPORT. The office shall annually collect and...
Section 72.083. Trial Courts - Sec. 72.083. TRIAL COURTS. The office shall report the aggregate...
Section 72.084. Court of Appeals - Sec. 72.084. COURT OF APPEALS. Each month, a court of...
Section 72.085. Court of Criminal Appeals - Sec. 72.085. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. The court of criminal...
Section 72.086. Supreme Court - Sec. 72.086. SUPREME COURT. (a) The supreme court shall annually...
Section 72.087. Capital Trials - Sec. 72.087. CAPITAL TRIALS. (a) The office shall annually collect...
Subchapter F. Protective Order Registry
Section 72.151. Definitions - Sec. 72.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Authorized user" means...
Section 72.152. Applicability - Sec. 72.152. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to: (1) an...
Section 72.153. Protective Order Registry - Sec. 72.153. PROTECTIVE ORDER REGISTRY. (a) In consultation with the...
Section 72.154. Public Access to Protective Order Registry - Sec. 72.154. PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER REGISTRY. (a) Subject...
Section 72.155. Restricted Access to Protective Order Registry - Sec. 72.155. RESTRICTED ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER REGISTRY. (a) The...
Section 72.156. Entry of Applications - Sec. 72.156. ENTRY OF APPLICATIONS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 72.157. Entry of Orders - Sec. 72.157. ENTRY OF ORDERS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 72.158. Request for Grant or Removal of Public Access - Sec. 72.158. REQUEST FOR GRANT OR REMOVAL OF PUBLIC ACCESS....
Subchapter G. Guardianship Abuse, Fraud, and Exploitation Deterrence Program
Section 72.121. Definitions - Sec. 72.121. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Estate" has the...
Section 72.122. Establishment of Program - Sec. 72.122. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) The office shall establish...
Section 72.1221. Program Access to Financial Records - Sec. 72.1221. PROGRAM ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RECORDS. (a) To the...
Section 72.123. Notification of State Commission on Judicial Conduct - Sec. 72.123. NOTIFICATION OF STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT. The...
Section 72.124. Annual Report - Sec. 72.124. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than January 1 of...