Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 87.0151
Assignment of Judge in Certain Cases

(a)

Immediately after a petition for removal of a prosecuting attorney is filed under Section 87.015 (Petition for Removal), the district clerk shall deliver a copy of the petition to the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region in which the court sits.

(b)

On receiving a petition for removal of a prosecuting attorney under Subsection (a), the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region shall assign a district court judge of a judicial district that does not include the county in which the petition was filed to conduct the removal proceedings.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 366 (H.B. 17), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 87.0151 — Assignment of Judge in Certain Cases, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­87.­htm#87.­0151 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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