Sec. 201.303. QUALIFICATIONS. To qualify for appointment as an associate judge under this subchapter, a person must:
(1) be a resident of this state and one of the counties the person will serve;
(2) have been licensed to practice law in this state for at least four years;
(3) not have been removed from office by impeachment, by the supreme court, by the governor on address to the legislature, by a tribunal reviewing a recommendation of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, or by the legislature's abolition of the judge's court; and
(4) not have resigned from office after having received notice that formal proceedings by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct had been instituted as provided in Section 33.022, Government Code, and before final disposition of the proceedings.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.03, eff. January 1, 2012.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle C - Judicial Resources and Services
Subchapter D. Associate Judge for Juvenile Matters
Section 201.301. Applicability
Section 201.303. Qualifications
Section 201.306. Cases That May Be Referred
Section 201.307. Methods of Referral
Section 201.308. Powers of Associate Judge
Section 201.310. Attendance of Bailiff
Section 201.312. Court Reporter; Record
Section 201.314. Notice of Right to De Novo Hearing; Waiver
Section 201.315. Order of Court
Section 201.316. Judicial Action on Associate Judge's Proposed Order or Judgment
Section 201.317. De Novo Hearing
Section 201.318. Appellate Review