Sec. 25.0172. BEXAR COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS

(a) The County Court at Law No. 1 shall give preference to criminal cases.

(b) The County Court at Law No. 10 shall give preference to civil cases.

(c) The County Courts at Law Nos. 4, 6, 11, and 12 shall give preference to criminal cases and appeals de novo from the municipal and justice courts.

(c-1) The County Court at Law No. 13 of Bexar County, Texas, shall give preference to cases prosecuted under:

(1) Section 22.01, Penal Code, in which the victim is a person whose relationship to or association with the defendant is described by Chapter 71, Family Code; and

(2) Section 25.07, Penal Code.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(e) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(f) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(g) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(h) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(i) A bond is not required of the judges of the County Courts at Law Nos. 2, 3, and 5.

(j) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary in an amount not less than $25,000 and not more than the total annual salary, including supplements, paid a district judge in the county. The compensation shall be paid out of the county's general fund or officers' salary fund. The commissioners court shall consider the financial condition of the county and the duties and needs of the county court at law judges in setting the salaries of the judges. Before raising a salary the commissioners court must publish notice containing information of the salaries affected and the amount of the proposed raise in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The commissioners court may raise the salaries of the county court at law judges only after 10 days' notice and only at a regular meeting of the commissioners court.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(l) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(m) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(n) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(o) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(p) The county clerk shall keep a separate docket for each county court at law. The county clerk shall appoint a deputy clerk for each county court at law. An appointment of a deputy clerk of County Court at Law No. 2 or 3 takes effect when it is confirmed in writing by the judge of the court to which the deputy clerk is assigned and the deputy clerk serves at the pleasure of the judge of the court to which he is assigned. A deputy clerk must take the constitutional oath of office and may be required to furnish bond in an amount, conditioned and payable, as required by the county clerk. A deputy clerk must attend all sessions of the court to which he is assigned. A deputy clerk acts in the name of the county clerk and may perform any official act or service required of the county clerk and shall perform any other service required by the judge of a county court at law. The deputy clerks may act for one another in performing services for the county courts at law, but a deputy is not entitled to receive additional compensation for acting for another deputy. If a vacancy occurs, the county clerk shall immediately appoint another deputy clerk as provided by this subsection. A deputy clerk of a county court at law is entitled to the same amount of compensation as received by the deputy clerks of the other county courts at law in Bexar County. The commissioners court shall pay the salary of a deputy clerk in equal monthly installments from county funds.

(q) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(r) The assistant prosecuting attorneys of the County Courts at Law Nos. 2, 3, and 5 are entitled to receive equal amounts of compensation to be paid in equal monthly installments by warrants drawn against the county's general fund on order of the commissioners court.

(s) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(t) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.

(u) The official court reporter of a county court at law is entitled to receive an annual salary set by the judge and approved by the commissioners court at an amount not less than $35,256. The official court reporter's fee shall be taxed as costs in civil actions in County Courts at Law Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 in the same manner as that fee is taxed in district court. In County Court at Law No. 2, the clerk collects the official court reporters' fee of $3 and pays it into the county treasury in the same manner as district clerks are required to collect and pay costs.

(v) Section 25.0006(a) does not apply to County Courts at Law Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of Bexar County. Section 25.0006(b) does not apply to County Courts at Law Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of Bexar County.

(w) This section does not apply to the County Court at Law No. 1 and Probate Court.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.05(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 410, Sec. 2, 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1066, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1072 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 , Sec. 9(b), eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 , Sec. 4.50(a)(7), eff. January 1, 2012.