Tex. Government Code § 30.00003
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 30.00003, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 30.00003. CREATION OF MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD.
Official statutory text
(a) The governing body may by ordinance create a municipal court of record if the governing body determines that the creation of the court is necessary to provide a more efficient disposition of the cases arising in the municipality.
(b) The ordinance may establish as many municipal courts of record as needed as determined by the governing body.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the ordinance shall give each court a numerical designation, beginning with "Municipal Court of Record No. 1."
(d) If a municipality has a unified court of record, that court shall be the "Municipal Court of Record in the City of (name of municipality)" and the municipality may establish by ordinance divisions, beginning with "Division No. 1."
(e) A municipal court of record may not exist concurrently with a municipal court that is not a municipal court of record in the municipality.
(f) A municipal court of record has no terms and may sit for any time for the transaction of business of the court.
(b) The ordinance may establish as many municipal courts of record as needed as determined by the governing body.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the ordinance shall give each court a numerical designation, beginning with "Municipal Court of Record No. 1."
(d) If a municipality has a unified court of record, that court shall be the "Municipal Court of Record in the City of (name of municipality)" and the municipality may establish by ordinance divisions, beginning with "Division No. 1."
(e) A municipal court of record may not exist concurrently with a municipal court that is not a municipal court of record in the municipality.
(f) A municipal court of record has no terms and may sit for any time for the transaction of business of the court.
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