Roles & Responsibilities
The Texas Constitution vests broad judicial and administrative powers in the position of county judge, who presides over a four member commissioners court, which has budgetary and administrative authority over county government operations. The County Judge handles such widely varying matters as hearing on admittance to state hospitals for mentally ill and mental retarded, juvenile work permits and temporary guardianships for special purposes. The County judge in Texas may have judicial responsibility for certain criminal, civil, and probate matters.