Texas Government Code 54.2810 – Termination of Services
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a criminal law magistrate court associate judge, a jail magistrate, and each other magistrate in the criminal law magistrate court may be terminated by a two-thirds vote of the district court judges with jurisdiction in Denton County and the judges of the criminal statutory county courts of Denton County.
(b) A part-time jail magistrate serves solely at the discretion of a criminal law magistrate court associate judge appointed under § 54.2805 or of the district court judge and criminal statutory county court judge designated to oversee the criminal law magistrate court under § 54.2802(b).
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 54.2810
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
