By: Junnel H.B. No. 1359
73R5912 MWV-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to recommendations to the legislature by the supreme court
1-3 concerning the appellate courts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 74.022(c), Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (c) The supreme court shall <biennially> recommend to the
1-8 regular session of the legislature convening in the third year
1-9 following the year in which the federal decennial census is taken
1-10 any needed changes in the number or allocation of those courts.
1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.