Tex. Government Code § 24.144
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§ 24.144.
Official statutory text
Sec. 24.144. 42ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CALLAHAN, COLEMAN, AND TAYLOR COUNTIES). (a) The 42nd Judicial District is composed of Callahan, Coleman, and Taylor counties.
(b) The 42nd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 104th District Court in Taylor County.
(b-1) In Callahan County, the 42nd District Court and the county court have concurrent jurisdiction over all original and appellate criminal matters over which the county court has jurisdiction. Matters and proceedings in the concurrent jurisdiction of the courts may be filed in or transferred between the 42nd District Court and the county court. All writs and processes issued and bonds and recognizances made in transferred cases are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued in that court.
(c) The terms of the 42nd District Court begin:
(1) in Callahan County on the first Mondays in January and July;
(2) in Coleman County on the first Mondays in January and July; and
(3) in Taylor County on the first Monday in January, on the 15th Monday after the first Monday in January, and on the first Monday in September.
(b) The 42nd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 104th District Court in Taylor County.
(b-1) In Callahan County, the 42nd District Court and the county court have concurrent jurisdiction over all original and appellate criminal matters over which the county court has jurisdiction. Matters and proceedings in the concurrent jurisdiction of the courts may be filed in or transferred between the 42nd District Court and the county court. All writs and processes issued and bonds and recognizances made in transferred cases are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued in that court.
(c) The terms of the 42nd District Court begin:
(1) in Callahan County on the first Mondays in January and July;
(2) in Coleman County on the first Mondays in January and July; and
(3) in Taylor County on the first Monday in January, on the 15th Monday after the first Monday in January, and on the first Monday in September.
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