Tex. Government Code § 27.033
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 27.033, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 27.033. OTHER POWERS.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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