By: Pitts H.B. No. 2649 73R6803 RJA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Ellis 1-3 County. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 24.550 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 24.550. 405TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). The 1-8 405th Judicial District is composed of Ellis County. 1-9 SECTION 2. (a) The 405th Judicial District is created on 1-10 January 1, 1995. 1-11 (b) The initial vacancy in the office of judge of the 405th 1-12 District Court shall be filled by election. The office exists for 1-13 purposes of the primary and general elections in 1994. A vacancy 1-14 after the initial vacancy is filled as provided by Article V, 1-15 Section 28, of the Texas Constitution. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.