1-1 By: Rosson S.B. No. 1351
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 6, 1993; April 13, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
1-4 April 27, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
1-5 Nays 0; April 27, 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 juvenile board of El Paso County and to the family
1-18 district court in El Paso County.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 152.0771, Human Resources
1-21 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-22 (a) The juvenile board of El Paso County is composed of:
1-23 (1) the county judge;
1-24 (2) each family district court judge;
1-25 (3) each juvenile court judge; and
1-26 (4) up to five judges on the El Paso Council of Judges
1-27 to be elected by a majority vote of that council <and the district
1-28 judges in El Paso County>.
1-29 SECTION 2. Subsections (b), (g), and (h), Section 152.0771,
1-30 Human Resources Code, are repealed.
1-31 SECTION 3. Sections 24.167 and 24.635, Government Code, are
1-32 amended to read as follows:
1-33 Sec. 24.167. 65TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY).
1-34 <(a)> The 65th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
1-35 <(b) The terms of the 65th District Court begin on the first
1-36 Mondays in February, April, June, September, October, and December.>
1-37 <(c) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court,
1-38 contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 65th
1-39 District Court.>
1-40 Sec. 24.635. 327TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY).
1-41 (a) The 327th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
1-42 (b) The terms of the 327th District Court begin on the first
1-43 Mondays in February, April, June, September, October, and December.
1-44 (c) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court,
1-45 contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 327th
1-46 District Court.
1-47 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, except
1-48 that Section 3 of this Act takes effect September 1, 1996.
1-49 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-50 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-51 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-52 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-53 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-55 Austin,
1-56 Texas
1-57 April 27, 1993
1-58 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-59 President of the Senate
1-60 Sir:
1-61 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred S.B.
1-62 No. 1351, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-63 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-64 that it do pass and be printed.
1-65 Henderson,
1-66 Chairman
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1-68 WITNESSES
2-1 No witnesses appeared on S.B. No. 1351.