By Pitts H.B. No. 273 74R272 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 24.523 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 24.523. 378TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). The 1-8 378th Judicial District is composed of Ellis County. 1-9 SECTION 2. The 378th Judicial District is created and this 1-10 Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-16 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 1-17 Amend House Bill 273 on page 1 by striking lines 7 and 8 and 1-18 substituting the following: 1-19 Sec. 24.523. 378TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). (a) 1-20 The 378th Judicial District is composed of Ellis County. 1-21 (b) A judge of the 378th Judicial District may not be 1-22 assigned under Chapter 74 to serve as a visiting judge in Bexar, 1-23 Dallas, Ector, Fort Bend, Harris, Jefferson, Lubbock, Midland, 1-24 Tarrant, or Travis County. 2-1 Alonzo