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Tex. Government Code § 54.2816

EXCHANGE OF BENCHES

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Tex. Government Code § 54.2816, EXCHANGE OF BENCHES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/650489
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(a) The judges of the criminal law magistrate court may exchange benches and may sit and act for each other in any proceeding pending in the criminal law magistrate court. (b) When conducting a capias pro fine hearing for any court, the criminal law magistrate court acts in the same capacity and with the same authority as the judge who issued the capias pro fine.