Tex. Government Code § 27.054
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 27.054, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 27.054. EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.
Official statutory text
(a) A justice of the peace may hold court for any other justice in any county at the request of that justice.
(b) The justices of any county may exchange benches for a period not to exceed five days if they consider it expedient.
(c) A justice who exchanges benches with another justice is not entitled to receive compensation from the commissioners court of the county in which the regular justice serves.
(b) The justices of any county may exchange benches for a period not to exceed five days if they consider it expedient.
(c) A justice who exchanges benches with another justice is not entitled to receive compensation from the commissioners court of the county in which the regular justice serves.
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