Tex. Government Code § 54.2816
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 54.2816, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 54.2816. EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.
Official statutory text
(a) The judges of the criminal law magistrate court may exchange benches and may sit and act for each other in any proceeding pending in the criminal law magistrate court.
(b) When conducting a capias pro fine hearing for any court, the criminal law magistrate court acts in the same capacity and with the same authority as the judge who issued the capias pro fine.
(b) When conducting a capias pro fine hearing for any court, the criminal law magistrate court acts in the same capacity and with the same authority as the judge who issued the capias pro fine.
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