Tex. Government Code § 27.051
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 27.051, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 27.051. TERMS OF COURT; PLACE FOR HOLDING COURT.
Official statutory text
(a) Each justice shall hold a term of court for civil business once each month and may transact such business out of termtime as is authorized by law.
(b) Each justice shall hold the regular term of court at the justice's office at times prescribed by the commissioners court. The commissioners court shall set the time and place for holding justice court.
(c) A justice may hold court from day to day until all business is disposed of or may adjourn the court or trial of a case to a particular day.
(d) If the regular term does not begin on the day set by law, the court is considered adjourned until its next regular term.
(e) If the justice precinct in which the courthouse is located has more than 75,000 inhabitants, the commissioners court shall provide and furnish a suitable place in the courthouse for the justice of that precinct to hold court.
(f) A justice of the peace of a precinct in a county with a population of less than 30,000 may hold court in the county courthouse or another facility provided under Section 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for that purpose. If requested by the justice, the commissioners court of the county may provide and furnish a suitable place in the courthouse or another facility provided under Section 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for the justice to hold court.
(b) Each justice shall hold the regular term of court at the justice's office at times prescribed by the commissioners court. The commissioners court shall set the time and place for holding justice court.
(c) A justice may hold court from day to day until all business is disposed of or may adjourn the court or trial of a case to a particular day.
(d) If the regular term does not begin on the day set by law, the court is considered adjourned until its next regular term.
(e) If the justice precinct in which the courthouse is located has more than 75,000 inhabitants, the commissioners court shall provide and furnish a suitable place in the courthouse for the justice of that precinct to hold court.
(f) A justice of the peace of a precinct in a county with a population of less than 30,000 may hold court in the county courthouse or another facility provided under Section 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for that purpose. If requested by the justice, the commissioners court of the county may provide and furnish a suitable place in the courthouse or another facility provided under Section 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for the justice to hold court.
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