By: Hill H.B. No. 2161 73R1351 JMM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transfer of a case in which proceedings have been 1-3 deferred on completion of a teen court program to another court 1-4 within the same county. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Article 45.55(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-7 amended to read as follows: 1-8 (f) A court may transfer a case in which proceedings have 1-9 been deferred under this section to a court in the same county or 1-10 in a contiguous county if the court to which the case is 1-11 transferred consents. A case may not be transferred unless it is 1-12 within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred. 1-13 SECTION 2. Section 54.032(f), Family Code, is amended to 1-14 read as follows: 1-15 (f) A court may transfer a case in which proceedings have 1-16 been deferred as provided by this section to a court in the same 1-17 county or in a contiguous county if the court to which the case is 1-18 transferred consents. A case may not be transferred unless it is 1-19 within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred. 1-20 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to 1-21 conduct that occurs or an offense that is committed regardless of 1-22 when the conduct occurred or the offense was committed. 1-23 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-24 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.