By Krusee                                             H.B. No. 2863
       74R6976 RJA-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the terms of court of the district courts and the
    1-3  impanelment of grand juries in Williamson County.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 24.128(b), Government Code, is amended to
    1-6  read as follows:
    1-7        (b)  The terms of the 26th District Court begin on the first
    1-8  Mondays in January and<, March, May,> July<, September, and
    1-9  November>.
   1-10        SECTION 2.  Section 24.454(b), Government Code, is amended to
   1-11  read as follows:
   1-12        (b)  The terms of the 277th District Court begin on the first
   1-13  Mondays in January and<, March, May,> July<, September, and
   1-14  November>.
   1-15        SECTION 3.  Section 24.513(b), Government Code, is amended to
   1-16  read as follows:
   1-17        (b)  The terms of the 368th District Court begin on the first
   1-18  Mondays in January and<, March, May,> July<, September, and
   1-19  November>.
   1-20        SECTION 4.  Sections 24.128(c), 24.454(c), and 24.513(c),
   1-21  Government Code, are repealed.
   1-22        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-23  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-24  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-1  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-2  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.