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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
As of 2022, the pay for ALJ-3, including locality adjustments, ranges from $136,651.00 per year to $187,300.00 depending on the particular locality and advancement from rate A to F. [7] As of 2022, pay for ALJ-2 and ALJ-1 is capped at $187,300.00 based on salary compression caused by salary caps based on the Executive Schedule.
The Washington County Courthouse at 110 E. Main in Brenham, Texas is an Art Deco-style courthouse built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and is also part of the National Register-listed Brenham Downtown Historic District .
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 ...
Individual counties are free to strip the County Judge of all judicial responsibilities, but this has not occurred in most places; County Judges undertaking judicial activities draw a supplemental salary, and in 2011 the Houston Chronicle reported that 85% of counties had judges drawing
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 ...
Born in Marlin, Texas, Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University in 1964. He received a Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School in 1966. He was in private practice in Waco from 1966 to 1980. He was a judge of the 54th State District Court in McLennan County, Texas from 1980 to 1983. [1]
On February 21, 1857, the state was divided into two districts, Eastern and Western, with Judge Watrous continuing in the Eastern district. [3] Judge Watrous and Judge Thomas H. DuVal, of the Western District of Texas, left the state on the secession of Texas from the Union, the only two federal judges not to resign their posts in states that ...