Texas Constitution Art. 5 sec. 30 – Term of Office of Judges of County-Wide Courts and of Criminal District Attorneys
Current as of: 2024 |
Terms Used In Texas Constitution Art. 5 sec. 30
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
The Judges of all Courts of county-wide jurisdiction heretofore or hereafter created by the Legislature of this State, and all Criminal District Attorneys now or hereafter authorized by the laws of this State, shall be elected for a term of four years, and shall serve until their successors have qualified.