Sec. 30.000123. LOCATION OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AND TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a municipal court of record from conducting its proceedings at the location assigned for the proceedings, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the judge of the affected municipal court of record, may designate for the proceedings an alternate location:
(1) in the corporate limits of the municipality; or
(2) outside the corporate limits of the municipality at the location the presiding judge determines is closest in proximity to the municipality that allows the court to safely and practicably conduct its proceedings, provided the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the designated location approves if that presiding judge is not the presiding judge making the designation.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a municipal court of record from holding its terms, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the judge of the affected municipal court of record, may designate the terms and sessions of court.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 14, eff. June 7, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 30 - Municipal Courts of Record
Subchapter A. General Law for Municipal Courts of Record
Section 30.00001. Short Title; Application
Section 30.00003. Creation of Municipal Courts of Record
Section 30.00004. Abolition of Court
Section 30.00005. Jurisdiction
Section 30.00007. Presiding Judge
Section 30.00008. Vacancies: Temporary Replacement
Section 30.000085. Removal of Judge
Section 30.00009. Clerk; Other Personnel
Section 30.00010. Court Reporter
Section 30.00011. Prosecutions
Section 30.00012. Court Facilities
Section 30.000126. Complaint; Pleading
Section 30.00016. Record on Appeal
Section 30.00017. Clerk's Record
Section 30.00018. Bills of Exception
Section 30.00019. Reporter's Record
Section 30.00020. Transfer of Record
Section 30.00021. Brief on Appeal
Section 30.00024. Disposition on Appeal
Section 30.00025. Certificate of Appellate Proceedings