Tex. Local Government Code § 87.0151
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 87.0151, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 87.0151. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGE.
Official statutory text
(a) Immediately after a petition for removal of an officer under this subchapter is filed under Section 87.015, the district clerk shall deliver a copy of the petition to the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region in which the court sits.
(b) On receiving a petition for removal under Subsection (a), the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region shall assign a district court judge of a judicial district that does not include the county in which the petition was filed to conduct the removal proceedings.
(b) On receiving a petition for removal under Subsection (a), the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region shall assign a district court judge of a judicial district that does not include the county in which the petition was filed to conduct the removal proceedings.
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