Section 24.568 - 424th Judicial District (Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties)(a) The 424th Judicial District is composed of Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties.(b) The jurisdiction of the 424th District Court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the 33rd District Court.(c) The 424th District Court has the same terms of court as the 33rd District Court.(d) The judge of the 424th District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. The judge of the 424th District Court may alternate the drawing of grand juries with the judge of any other district court in each county within the 424th Judicial District and may order grand and petit juries to be drawn for any term of the court as the judge determines is necessary, by an order entered in the minutes of the court. Indictments within each county may be returned to either court within that county.(e) The 424th District Court may hear and determine, in any county in the district convenient for the court, all preliminary or interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded, in any case pending in any county in the district regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. Unless an objection is filed by a party to the suit, the 424th District Court may hear, in any county in the district convenient for the court, any nonjury case pending in any county in the district, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters in which citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held.Tex. Gov't. Code § 24.568
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 929,Sec. 17, eff. 9/1/2015.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1352, Sec. 15(a), eff. 9/1/2005.