GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH

SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 72. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 72.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Court" means any tribunal forming a part of the judiciary.
(2)  "Director" means the administrative director of the courts appointed as provided by this chapter.
(3)  "Office" means the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.
(4)  "Trial court" means any tribunal forming a part of the judiciary, except the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, and the courts of appeals, but does not include the commissioners court of a county.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.83(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.