1-1  By:  Truan, Madla, Armbrister                         S.B. No. 1276
    1-2        (In the Senate - Filed March 16, 1993; March 17, 1993, read
    1-3  first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
    1-4  April 6, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
    1-5  Nays 0; April 6, 1993, sent to printer.)
    1-6                            COMMITTEE VOTE
    1-7                          Yea     Nay      PNV      Absent 
    1-8        Henderson          x                               
    1-9        Harris of Tarrant  x                               
   1-10        Brown              x                               
   1-11        Harris of Dallas   x                               
   1-12        Luna               x                               
   1-13        Parker                                         x   
   1-14        West               x                               
   1-15                         A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
   1-16                                AN ACT
   1-17  relating to the terms of court of the 36th Judicial District.
   1-18        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-19        SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 24.138, Government Code,
   1-20  is amended to read as follows:
   1-21        (b)  The terms of the 36th District Court begin:
   1-22              (1)  in Aransas County on the fourth Mondays in April
   1-23  and October <second Monday in February and the first Monday in
   1-24  September>;
   1-25              (2)  in Bee County on the first Mondays in April and
   1-26  October <November>;
   1-27              (3)  in Live Oak County on the third Mondays <Monday>
   1-28  in April and October <January and the fourth Monday in May>;
   1-29              (4)  in McMullen County on the second Mondays <first
   1-30  Monday> in January and July <the third Monday in June>; and
   1-31              (5)  in San Patricio County on the second Mondays in
   1-32  April and October <fourth Monday in February and the third Monday
   1-33  in September>.
   1-34        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.  The
   1-35  February, 1993, terms of court in Aransas and San Patricio
   1-36  counties, the April, 1993, term of court in Bee County, and the
   1-37  May, 1993, term of court in Live Oak County are extended until and
   1-38  will end when the October, 1993, terms of court begin in the
   1-39  respective counties.  The June, 1993, term of court in McMullen
   1-40  County is extended until and will end when the January, 1994, term
   1-41  of court begins in that county.
   1-42        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-43  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-44  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-45  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-46  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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   1-48                                                         Austin,
   1-49  Texas
   1-50                                                         April 6, 1993
   1-51  Hon. Bob Bullock
   1-52  President of the Senate
   1-53  Sir:
   1-54  We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred S.B.
   1-55  No. 1276, have had the same under consideration, and I am
   1-56  instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
   1-57  that it do pass and be printed.
   1-58                                                         Henderson,
   1-59  Chairman
   1-60                               * * * * *
   1-61                               WITNESSES
   1-62                                                  FOR   AGAINST  ON
   1-63  ___________________________________________________________________
   1-64  Name:  Ronald M. Yeager                          x
   1-65  Representing:  San Patricio Co. Courthouse
   1-66  City:  Sinton
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