Stephen Brint Carlton (born 1982), is the of Orange County, Texas. County Judge Carlton assumed office on January 1, 2015, as the Orange County Judge. As County Judge, Carlton presides over the five-member Commissioners' Court and is the county's Emergency Management Director for the county's 82,000 residents. Judge Carlton also has jurisdictional authority over class A and B adult misdemeanors, felony and misdemeanor juvenile offenses, probate cases, mental health determinations, and certain civil cases. Additionally, he helps establish the county's tax rates on property valued at over $5.6 billion, has responsibility for the creation and execution of the county's $46 million budget as the county's Chief Budget Officer, and is involved in the overall economic development of the county as the President of the Orange County Economic Development Corporation.
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