Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 27.033 - Other Powers
A justice of the peace may:
(1) exercise jurisdiction over other matters cognizable before a justice of the peace under any law of this state; and(2) proceed with all unfinished business of the office as if the business had been originally begun before that justice.
Tex. Gov't. Code § 27.033
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.