Terms Used In Texas Government Code 572.0251

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A member or member-elect of the legislature licensed to practice law in this state who represents a party to a civil or criminal case for compensation and on that party’s behalf applies for or obtains a legislative continuance under Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or under another law or rule that requires or permits a court to grant a continuance on the grounds that an attorney for a party is a member or member-elect of the legislature shall report on the financial statement:
(1) the name of the party represented;
(2) the date on which the member or member-elect was retained to represent the party;
(3) the style and cause number of the action in which the continuance was sought and the court and jurisdiction in which the action was pending when the continuance was sought;
(4) the date on which the member or member-elect applied for a continuance; and
(5) whether the continuance was granted.

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