Author Question: Constitutional county courts __________. a. exist in approximately 40 percent of Texas counties ... (Read 49 times)

Yi-Chen · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Constitutional county courts __________.

a. exist in approximately 40 percent of Texas counties
b. are each led by a county judge who is constitutionally required to be a lawyer
c. were established in the 1930s to cope with increasing regulatory responsibilities coming from the federal government
d. often share some original jurisdiction in civil matters with justice of the peace and district courts

Question 2

What characterizes statutory county courts?

a. Judges on these courts are selected by county commissioners.
b. The constitution establishes one statutory county court in each county.
c. They have inconsistent jurisdictions because each one was set up to deal with specific local problems.
d. Determinations reached by these courts cannot be appealed to any higher court as they involve issues of county level legal codes.