By Craddick H.B. No. 833
74R3584 MLR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of the eighth and eleventh court of
1-3 appeals districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 22.201(i) and (l), Government Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (i) The Eighth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-8 counties of Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector,
1-9 El Paso, Gaines, Glasscock, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Martin,
1-10 <Midland,> Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward,
1-11 and Winkler.
1-12 (l) The Eleventh Court of Appeals District is composed of
1-13 the counties of Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche,
1-14 Dawson, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Knox,
1-15 Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford,
1-16 Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton.
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-18 (b) This Act does not affect the jurisdiction on appeal of
1-19 any case in which an appeal bond, affidavit in lieu of a bond,
1-20 notice of appeal, or a notice of limitation of appeal was filed in
1-21 the Eighth Court of Appeals from Midland County on or before the
1-22 effective date of this Act.
1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 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.