Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01893

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 30.01893 - Court Rules

The presiding judge shall adopt rules not inconsistent with this subchapter or other law for the municipal courts of record to provide efficiency, uniformity, and fairness in the conduct of the business of the courts. The rules may:

(1) address courtroom decorum and attire;
(2) address court protocol;
(3) govern the hearing of pleas, motions for continuance, motions to withdraw and for substitution, and pretrial motions;
(4) establish procedures related to a defendant's failure to appear;
(5) establish procedures related to a defendant's indigency or inability to pay fines; and
(6) address warrant procedures.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 30.01893

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2012.