Sec. 76.0045. JUDICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; IMMUNITY

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(a) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for personnel decisions is limited to the appointment of a department director and a fiscal officer.
(b) The responsibility of a judge described by Section 76.002 for budgetary decisions is limited to:
(1) appointment of a fiscal officer; and
(2) approval of the department's budget.
(c) A judge described by Section 76.002 has judicial immunity in a suit arising from:
(1) the performance of a duty described by Section 76.002(a); or
(2) the appointment of a department director or a fiscal officer or an act or failure to act by a department employee or by a department director or fiscal officer.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 255 , Sec. 4, eff. May 30, 2005.

                    
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