Sec. 201.018. VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to perform the judge's official duties because of absence or illness, injury, or other disability, a judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title, Title 1, Chapter 45 , or Title 4 may appoint a visiting associate judge to perform the duties of the associate judge during the period of the associate judge's absence or disability if the commissioners court of a county in which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the employment of a visiting associate judge. (b) To be eligible for appointment under this section, a person must have served as an associate judge for at least two years. (c) Sections 201.001 through 201.017 apply to a visiting associate judge appointed under this section. (d) This section does not apply to an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B.
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