73R6992 RJA-D By Puente H.B. No. 1423 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1423: By Puente C.S.H.B. No. 1423 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the election of certain county court judges. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Sections 25.0013 and 25.0017 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 25.0013. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OF JUDGES. A statutory 1-7 county court judge elected by place from an area that is less than 1-8 the entire county may, but need not, be a resident of the area from 1-9 which elected. 1-10 Sec. 25.0017. ELECTION BY PLACE. In a county in which this 1-11 chapter requires election by place of statutory county court 1-12 judges, the commissioners court shall establish the area of each 1-13 place in the county. 1-14 SECTION 2. Section 25.0171, Government Code, is amended by 1-15 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-16 (d) The statutory county court judges shall be elected by 1-17 place. 1-18 SECTION 3. Section 25.0591, Government Code, is amended by 1-19 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-20 (e) The statutory county court judges shall be elected by 1-21 place. 1-22 SECTION 4. Section 25.1031, Government Code, is amended by 1-23 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-24 (d) The statutory county court judges shall be elected by 2-1 place. 2-2 SECTION 5. Section 25.2221, Government Code, is amended by 2-3 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 2-4 (d) The statutory county court judges shall be elected by 2-5 place. 2-6 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 2-7 applies beginning with the primary and general elections in 1994 2-8 for terms beginning on or after January 1, 1995. 2-9 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.