Sec. 75.110. APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR JUDGES    


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  • (a) The presiding judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region shall assign judges under this subchapter.

    (b) A senior district court judge assigned under this subchapter shall serve in the district court to which he is assigned unless, for good cause presented in writing by the assigned judge to the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, the senior district court judge is relieved of the assignment by the presiding judge.

    (c) Nothing in this subchapter prevents assignment of a senior district court judge to a county other than Dallas County if the other county reimburses Dallas County for the compensation, salary, and expenses of the senior district court judge during the assignment.

    (d) A senior district court judge is entitled, during a period of assignment, to all per diem allowances paid by the state to judges sitting outside the county of their residence.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.44(19), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.