By Gallego H.B. No. 3073 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain procedures concerning the writ powers of the 1-3 courts of appeals. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (b) Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district 1-8 may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law 1-9 regulating those writs, against a: 1-10 (1) judge of a district or county court in the court 1-11 of appeals district; or 1-12 (2) judge of a district court who is acting in the 1-13 capacity of a magistrate at a court of inquiry pursuant to Chapter 1-14 52, Code of Criminal Procedure, in the court of appeals district. 1-15 SECTION 2. The change is law made by Section 22.221(b), 1-16 Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a case 1-17 commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A case 1-18 commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 1-19 law in effect when the case is commenced, and the former law is 1-20 continued in effect for that purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 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.