Texas § GV.54.758 - MAGISTRATES MAY BE APPOINTED

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§ GV.54.758. MAGISTRATES MAY BE APPOINTED

MAGISTRATES MAY BE APPOINTED. (a) Any magistrate in El Paso County may be appointed as a judge of the criminal law magistrate court or as a family law master, or both, and continue as a judge or justice of another court. (b) A magistrate may not be appointed under Subsection (a) unless the magistrate agrees to the appointment. (c) A magistrate appointed under Subsection (a) is not entitled to receive additional compensation unless the commissioners court provides additional compensation. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.32(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

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