1-1 By: Henderson S.B. No. 1457
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 29, 1993; April 30, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 4, 1993,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
1-5 May 4, 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 creation of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 15
1-18 of Harris County, Texas.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 25.1031, Government Code,
1-21 is amended to read as follows:
1-22 (b) Harris County has the following county criminal courts:
1-23 (1) County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 of Harris
1-24 County, Texas;
1-25 (2) County Criminal Court at Law No. 2 of Harris
1-26 County, Texas;
1-27 (3) County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 of Harris
1-28 County, Texas;
1-29 (4) County Criminal Court at Law No. 4 of Harris
1-30 County, Texas;
1-31 (5) County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 of Harris
1-32 County, Texas;
1-33 (6) County Criminal Court at Law No. 6 of Harris
1-34 County, Texas;
1-35 (7) County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 of Harris
1-36 County, Texas;
1-37 (8) County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 of Harris
1-38 County, Texas;
1-39 (9) County Criminal Court at Law No. 9 of Harris
1-40 County, Texas;
1-41 (10) County Criminal Court at Law No. 10 of Harris
1-42 County, Texas;
1-43 (11) County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 of Harris
1-44 County, Texas;
1-45 (12) County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 of Harris
1-46 County, Texas;
1-47 (13) County Criminal Court at Law No. 13 of Harris
1-48 County, Texas; <and>
1-49 (14) County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 of Harris
1-50 County, Texas; and
1-51 (15) County Criminal Court at Law No. 15 of Harris
1-52 County, Texas.
1-53 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Subdivision (15), Subsection (b),
1-54 Section 25.1031, Government Code, as added by this Act, the County
1-55 Criminal Court at Law No. 15 of Harris County, Texas, is created
1-56 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.
2-4 * * * * *
2-5 Austin,
2-6 Texas
2-7 May 4, 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 S.B.
2-12 No. 1457, 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
2-17 * * * * *
2-18 WITNESSES
2-19 FOR AGAINST ON
2-20 ___________________________________________________________________
2-21 Name: Bob Wessels x
2-22 Representing: Cty. Criminal Court at Law
2-23 City: Houston
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