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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 GOVERNMENT CODE
 Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH
 Subtitle A. COURTS
 Chapter 25. STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS  
 Subchapter C. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES  

  Sec. 25.2293. TRAVIS COUNTY PROBATE COURT PROVISIONS    

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  • (a) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 3(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

    (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.003.

    (c) A statutory probate court has eminent domain jurisdiction. All actions, cases, matters, or proceedings of eminent domain arising under Chapter 21, Property Code, or under Section 251.101, Transportation Code , shall be filed and docketed in Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County. A statutory probate court may transfer an eminent domain proceeding to a county court at law in the county.

    (d) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 3(2) and Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 677, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

    (e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(90), eff. January 1, 2012.

    (f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(90), eff. January 1, 2012.

    (g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(90), eff. January 1, 2012.

    (h) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 426, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

    (i) The official court reporter of a statutory probate court is entitled to the same amount of compensation paid to the official court reporters in the district courts in the county. The reporter's salary shall be paid in the same manner as the compensation of the official court reporters of the district courts.

    (j) The judge of a statutory probate court may appoint an administrative assistant and an auditor to aid the judge in the performance of his duties. The judge sets the salary of the administrative assistant and the salary of the auditor by an order entered in the minutes of the court. The appointments and the salaries may be changed only by order of the judge. The salaries of the auditor and the administrative assistant shall be paid monthly out of the county's general fund or any other fund available for that purpose.

    (k) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(90), eff. January 1, 2012.

    (l) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(90), eff. January 1, 2012.

    (m) For purposes of determining the annual salary of a judge of a statutory probate court as provided by Section 25.0023, the total annual salary received by a district judge in the county does not include compensation paid to the presiding criminal judge of Travis County under Section 75.016.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.21(c), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1131, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 394, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.185, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 426, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 3(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 677, Sec. 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.003, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 959 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 , Sec. 4.50(a)(90), eff. January 1, 2012.