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(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323 of this code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law with…
The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311 of this code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
In this code: (1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of this code; and (2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit without further identification is a reference to…
In this chapter: (1) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code. (2) "Firearm suppressor" means any device designed, made, or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm. (3) "Generic and insignificant part" means an item that has manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion in…
(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if the item is manufactured: (1) in this state from basic materials; and (2) without the inclusion of any part imported from another state other than a generic and insignificant part. (b) For the purposes of this subchapter, a f…
(a) A firearm suppressor that is manufactured in this state and remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce. (b) A basic material from which a firearm suppressor is manufactured in th…
A firearm suppressor manufactured and sold in this state must have the words "Made in Texas" clearly stamped on it.
On written notification to the attorney general by a United States citizen who resides in this state of the citizen's intent to manufacture a firearm suppressor to which Section 2.052 applies, the attorney general shall seek a declaratory judgment from a federal district court in this state that Section 2.052 is consis…
This subchapter applies to: (1) the State of Texas, including an agency, department, commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a university system or a system of higher educat…
(a) An entity described by Section 2.101 may not adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces, or by consistent action allows the enforcement of, a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that purports to regulate a firearm suppressor if the statute, order, rule, or regulation imposes a…
(a) An entity described by Section 2.101 may not receive state grant funds if the entity adopts a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law described by Section 2.102(a) or, by consistent action, allows the enforcement of a federal law described by Section 2.102(a). (b) State grant…
(a) Any citizen residing in the jurisdiction of an entity described by Section 2.101 may file a complaint with the attorney general if the citizen offers evidence to support an allegation that the entity has adopted a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law described by Section 2…
(a) A court has all powers necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction and the enforcement of its lawful orders, including authority to issue the writs and orders necessary or proper in aid of its jurisdiction. (b) A court shall require that proceedings be conducted with dignity and in an orderly and expeditious man…
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), a court may punish for contempt. (b) The punishment for contempt of a court other than a justice court or municipal court is a fine of not more than $500 or confinement in the county jail for not more than six months, or both such a fine and confinement in jail. (c) The punishm…
(a) At a convenient time at the commencement of each regular session of the legislature, the chief justice of the supreme court shall deliver a written or oral state of the judiciary message evaluating the accessibility of the courts to the citizens of the state and the future directions and needs of the courts of the…
A judge or a justice of the peace may not sit in a case if either of the parties is related to him by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, as determined under Chapter 573.
The judicial fund is created in a separate fund in the state treasury to be administered by the comptroller. The fund shall be used only for court-related purposes for the support of the judicial branch of this state.
(a) The district court support account of the judicial fund is created to be administered by the office of court administration as directed by the supreme court. (b) The comptroller shall allocate to the district court support account such amounts from the judicial fund as may be designated in the General Appropriation…
In this title: (1) "County court" means the court created in each county by Article V, Section 15, of the Texas Constitution. (2) "Statutory county court" means a county court created by the legislature under Article V, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution, including county courts at law, county criminal courts, county…
(a) A justice or judge, as applicable, of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, the business court, a county court, a county court at law, or a statutory probate court may not, on the date the person takes office as a justice or judge or while serving as a justice or ju…
A judge or justice presiding over a court in this state may sign an electronic or digital court document, including an order, judgment, ruling, notice, commission, or precept, electronically, digitally, or through another secure method. The document signed in that manner is the official document issued by the court.
(a) In this section: (1) "Qualified facility dog" means a dog that: (A) is a graduate of a program operated by an assistance dog organization that is a member of a nationally recognized assistance dog association; or (B) before January 1, 2021, on the approval of the court, served in a court proceeding by accompanying…
(a) In this section: (1) "Judicial work product" means written, electronic, or oral material prepared or communications made in the course of an adjudicatory proceeding before a court determining legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges. The term includes all drafts of opinions or orders and memoranda of law. The te…
(a) This section applies to the following: (1) criminal or civil court proceedings relating to an offense under: (A) Section 21.02, 21.11, 21.15, 22.011, 22.012, or 22.021, Penal Code; (B) Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8), Penal Code; or (C) Section 20A.03, Penal Code, if the offense is based partly or wholly on…
(a) The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction, except in criminal law matters, of an appealable order or judgment of the trial courts if the court determines that the appeal presents a question of law that is important to the jurisprudence of the state. The supreme court's jurisdiction does not include cases in whic…