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Order signed allowing district courts to work away from the County Seat (if needed)

Posted by: Greg Enos
September 22, 2008
Topic: 2008: The Latest News

ORDER DESIGNATING ALTERNATE LOCATIONS IN GALVESTON COUNTY
TO CONDUCT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS DUE TO DISASTER

Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 24.033, 25.0019, and 26.009, this Court FINDS that Hurricane Ike and its aftermath constitute a disaster that precludes the district courts, statutory county courts, and constitutional county courts from conducting proceedings at the county seat of Galveston County, which is a first tier coastal county within the meaning of Section 2210.003 of the Insurance Code.

Accordingly, the Order Declaring Disaster and Designating Alternative Locations to Conduct Judicial Proceedings issued on September 19, 2008 is hereby AMENDED, and as AMENDED it is hereby ORDERED that effective immediately, the following places are designated as alternate locations in the County of Galveston at which the district and county courts of Galveston County may conduct proceedings:

Jerry J. Esmond Juvenile Justice Center, located at 6101 Attwater Avenue, in the City of Texas City; and

Galveston County League City Annex, located at 174 Calder Road, in the City of League City.

Signed, on this the _______ day of September, 2008.

Olen Underwood,
Presiding Judge, Second Judicial Region