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Tex. Government Code § 54.758

MAGISTRATES MAY BE APPOINTED

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Tex. Government Code § 54.758, MAGISTRATES MAY BE APPOINTED, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/650240
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(a) Any magistrate in El Paso County may be appointed as a judge of the criminal law magistrate court or as a family law master, or both, and continue as a judge or justice of another court. (b) A magistrate may not be appointed under Subsection (a) unless the magistrate agrees to the appointment. (c) A magistrate appointed under Subsection (a) is not entitled to receive additional compensation unless the commissioners court provides additional compensation.