Tex. Government Code § 54.003
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 54.003, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 54.003. SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL.
Official statutory text
(a) In addition to other removal provisions provided under this chapter or other law, a master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer appointed under this chapter may be removed under Section 24, Article V, Texas Constitution.
(b) The local administrative judge shall ensure a master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer appointed to serve a county within the jurisdiction of the court served by the local administrative judge complies with the requirements of this chapter and Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) A local administrative judge shall report a violation of Subsection (b) to:
(1) the commissioners court for the county in which the master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer is appointed;
(2) the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the court served by judge;
(3) the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System; and
(4) if the local administrative judge determines the referring court is culpable in the violation, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
(b) The local administrative judge shall ensure a master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer appointed to serve a county within the jurisdiction of the court served by the local administrative judge complies with the requirements of this chapter and Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) A local administrative judge shall report a violation of Subsection (b) to:
(1) the commissioners court for the county in which the master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer is appointed;
(2) the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the court served by judge;
(3) the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System; and
(4) if the local administrative judge determines the referring court is culpable in the violation, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
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