Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01255

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 30.01255 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Magistrates

(a) The governing body may appoint one or more magistrates in addition to magistrates provided under Article 2.09, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) A magistrate does not have to possess all the qualifications necessary to be a municipal court of record judge.

(c) A magistrate may not preside over the court or hear contested cases.

(d) A magistrate may:

(1) conduct an arraignment;

(2) hold an indigency hearing;

(3) accept a plea;

(4) sign a judgment;

(5) set the amount of a bond; and

(6) perform other functions under Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 30.01255

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. 5/21/1997.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.