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The county judge could act as a budget officer and have election duties, according to the Handbook of Texas. The county judge can also be an ex-officio school superintendent in places with less ...
The judicial education officer at the Texas Association of Counties, David Hodges, has noted that the rate of cases being overturned is higher for both the County Courts-at-law and for District Court judges than it is for County Judges. [5] Some County Judges view the County Courts-at-law as supplements to, rather than replacements of, the ...
Since the county judge is also responsible for presiding over the Commissioners Court (the main executive and legislative body of the county), in 94 counties the Texas Legislature has established county courts at law to relieve the county judge of judicial duties. The first multi-county statutory county court (composed of Fisher, Mitchell, and ...
Lina Maria Hidalgo (born February 19, 1991) is an American politician in the state of Texas. She is the county judge of Harris County, the third-most populous county in the United States. [1] Hidalgo is the first woman and the first Latina to be elected to this office.
Each county is run by a commissioners' court, consisting of four elected commissioners (one from each of four precincts drawn based on population) and a county judge elected from all the voters of the county. In smaller counties, the county judge actually does perform judicial duties, but in larger counties, the county judge functions as the ...
This category is for people who are or have been County Judge of counties in the state of Texas. (In Texas, the County Judge is the chief executive of the county, similar to the mayor of a city, though with far less actual authority.) For judges of state courts, see Category:Texas state court judges
The county judge does not have authority to veto a decision of the commissioners court; the judge votes along with the commissioners (being the tie-breaker in close calls). In smaller counties, the county judge actually does perform judicial duties, but in larger counties the judge's role is limited to serving on the commissioners court and ...
Tarrant County last elected both a new county judge and a new district attorney the same year in 1966, when voters chose Democrat County Judge Howard Green, left (better known as actor Ethan Hawke ...