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.