Why Are There 254 Constitutional County Courts in the State

question 83

Multiple Choice

Why are there 254 constitutional county courts in the State of Texas?

• A)Under the law establishing these courts, the Texas Legislature set a cap of 254 statewide for the courts in 1929, a number which was reached just after the start of the Korean War
• B)The Texas Constitution establishes one such court in each of the 254 counties
• C)The Texas Supreme Court, acting as the chief administrative body of the Texas judicial
• System, authorized the creation of 254 of these courts
• D)Under their home-rule authority, 209 counties have added constitutional county courts to the 45 courts established by the Constitution
• E)The Texas Supreme Court ruled that under the equal protection clause, constitutional county courts must be distributed evenly according to the 254 Census tracts that comprise Texas

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