Texas Government Code 54.1502 – Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 54.1502
- 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.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
A magistrate has concurrent criminal jurisdiction with:
(1) the judges of the justice of the peace courts of Burnet County; and
(2) a municipal court in Burnet County, if approved by a memorandum of understanding between the municipality and Burnet County.