Sec. 30.00023. COURT RULES. (a) Except as modified by this subchapter, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure govern the trial of cases before the municipal courts of record. The courts may make and enforce all rules of practice and procedure necessary to expedite the trial of cases before the courts that are not inconsistent with law.
(b) The appellate courts may make and enforce all rules of practice and procedure that are not inconsistent with law and that are necessary to expedite the dispatch of appeals from the municipal courts of record.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 811, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 30.501 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 30.00021 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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