1-1 By: Junell (Senate Sponsor - Montford) H.B. No. 2373
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 1995;
1-3 April 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 16, 1995, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to recommendations to the legislature by the supreme court
1-9 concerning appellate courts.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 74.022(c), Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (c) The supreme court shall <biennially> recommend to the
1-14 regular session of the legislature convening in the third year
1-15 following the year in which the federal decennial census is taken
1-16 any needed changes in the number or allocation of those courts.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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