Sec. 24.381.  202ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BOWIE COUNTY).  (a)  The 202nd Judicial District is composed of Bowie County.
(b)  The 202nd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.
(c)  The jurisdiction of the 202nd District Court in Bowie County is concurrent and coextensive with the 5th and 102nd district courts.
(d)  The terms of the 202nd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. During each term of court in Bowie County, the court may sit in Texarkana to try, hear, and determine any civil nonjury case, may hear and determine motions, agreements, and other nonjury civil matters that come before the court, and may hear and determine any criminal nonjury matters, including pleas of guilty, both felony and misdemeanor, when a jury has been waived.  This subsection does not limit the court's power to hear those matters in Boston.
(e)  The clerk of the district court of Bowie County serves as the clerk of the 202nd District Court.  The district clerk of Bowie County or his deputy shall serve the court when it is sitting in Texarkana and may transfer all necessary books, minutes, and records to Texarkana while the court is in session there, and may transfer all necessary books, minutes, records, and papers from Texarkana to Boston at the end of each session in Texarkana.
(f)  The sheriff of Bowie County or his deputy shall attend the court while it is sitting in Texarkana and shall perform the duties required by law or under the order of the court.
(g)  Section 24.105, relating to the 5th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 202nd District Court.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1012, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.