1-1 By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Henderson) H.B. No. 2856
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
1-4 Justice; May 6, 1993, rereferred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
1-5 May 11, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-6 Nays 0; May 11, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Henderson x
1-10 Harris of Tarrant x
1-11 Brown x
1-12 Harris of Dallas x
1-13 Luna x
1-14 Parker x
1-15 West x
1-16 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-17 AN ACT
1-18 relating to the creation of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 15
1-19 of Harris County, Texas.
1-20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-21 SECTION 1. Section 25.1031(b), Government Code, is amended
1-22 to read as follows:
1-23 (b) Harris County has the following county criminal courts:
1-24 (1) County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 of Harris
1-25 County, Texas;
1-26 (2) County Criminal Court at Law No. 2 of Harris
1-27 County, Texas;
1-28 (3) County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 of Harris
1-29 County, Texas;
1-30 (4) County Criminal Court at Law No. 4 of Harris
1-31 County, Texas;
1-32 (5) County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 of Harris
1-33 County, Texas;
1-34 (6) County Criminal Court at Law No. 6 of Harris
1-35 County, Texas;
1-36 (7) County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 of Harris
1-37 County, Texas;
1-38 (8) County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 of Harris
1-39 County, Texas;
1-40 (9) County Criminal Court at Law No. 9 of Harris
1-41 County, Texas;
1-42 (10) County Criminal Court at Law No. 10 of Harris
1-43 County, Texas;
1-44 (11) County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 of Harris
1-45 County, Texas;
1-46 (12) County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 of Harris
1-47 County, Texas;
1-48 (13) County Criminal Court at Law No. 13 of Harris
1-49 County, Texas; <and>
1-50 (14) County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 of Harris
1-51 County, Texas; and
1-52 (15) County Criminal Court at Law No. 15 of Harris
1-53 County, Texas.
1-54 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 25.1031(b)(15),
1-55 Government Code, as added by this Act, the County Criminal Court at
1-56 Law No. 15 of Harris County, Texas, is created January 1, 1995.
1-57 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 25.0009, Government Code,
1-58 the initial vacancy in the office of judge on creation of the
1-59 County Criminal Court at Law No. 15 of Harris County, Texas, shall
1-60 be filled by election. The office of judge of the County Criminal
1-61 Court at Law No. 15 of Harris County, Texas, exists for purposes of
1-62 the primary and general elections in 1994. The qualified voters of
1-63 the county shall elect the initial judge in 1994 for a four-year
1-64 term as provided by Article XVI, Sections 64 and 65, of the Texas
1-65 Constitution. A vacancy after the initial vacancy is filled as
1-66 provided by Section 25.0009, Government Code.
1-67 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-68 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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2-5 Austin,
2-6 Texas
2-7 May 11, 1993
2-8 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-9 President of the Senate
2-10 Sir:
2-11 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
2-12 No. 2856, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-13 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-14 that it do pass and be printed.
2-15 Henderson,
2-16 Chairman
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2-18 WITNESSES
2-19 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 2856.