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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH |
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Subtitle F. COURT ADMINISTRATION |
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Chapter 74. COURT ADMINISTRATION ACT |
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Subchapter J. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR CERTAIN CASES |
Sec. 74.252. RULES TO GUIDE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER CASE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules under which courts, presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, and the judicial committee for additional resources may determine whether a case requires additional resources to ensure efficient judicial management of the case.
(b) In developing the rules, the supreme court shall include considerations regarding whether a case involves or is likely to involve:
(1) a large number of parties who are separately represented by counsel;
(2) coordination with related actions pending in one or more courts in other counties of this state or in one or more United States district courts;
(3) numerous pretrial motions that present difficult or novel legal issues that will be time-consuming to resolve;
(4) a large number of witnesses or substantial documentary evidence;
(5) substantial postjudgment supervision;
(6) a trial that will last more than four weeks; and
(7) a substantial additional burden on the trial court's docket and the resources available to the trial court to hear the case.