By Alonzo H.B. No. 3147
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional
1-3 district courts, and the election of district court judges in
1-4 certain counties.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 ARTICLE 1. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.
1-7 SECTION 1.01. (a) For district court elections in the
1-8 counties named in this Act in 1996 and thereafter, judges shall be
1-9 elected from election subdistricts as assigned by the Legislature.
1-10 (b) The legislature finds that this Act is consistent with
1-11 all provisions of the Texas Constitution.
1-12 (c) As used in this Act, "place" means an election
1-13 subdistrict which is smaller in area than a judicial district.
1-14 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-15 amended by adding Section 24.0015 to read as follows:
1-16 Sec. 24.0015. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OF JUDGES. A district
1-17 judge elected by an election subdistrict from an area that is less
1-18 than the entire judicial district may, but need not, be a resident
1-19 of the area from which elected.
1-20 SECTION 3. Effective January 1, 1999, Subchapter C, Chapter
1-21 24, Government Code, is amended by adding Sections 24.523-24.530 to
1-22 read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 24.523. 378th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY).
2-1 (a) The 378th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
2-2 (b) The district has 35 judges who are elected from state
2-3 representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
2-4 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
2-5 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
2-6 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
2-7 places:
2-8 (1) places 1 and 26 shall be elected by voters
2-9 residing in state representative district 126;
2-10 (2) places 2 and 27 shall be elected by voters
2-11 residing in state representative district 127;
2-12 (3) places 3 and 28 shall be elected by voters
2-13 residing in state representative district 128;
2-14 (4) places 4 and 29 shall be elected by voters
2-15 residing in state representative district 129;
2-16 (5) places 5 and 30 shall be elected by voters
2-17 residing in state representative district 130;
2-18 (6) places 6 and 31 shall be elected by voters
2-19 residing in state representative district 131;
2-20 (7) places 7 and 32 shall be elected by voters
2-21 residing in state representative district 132;
2-22 (8) places 8 and 33 shall be elected by voters
2-23 residing in state representative district 133;
2-24 (9) places 9 and 34 shall be elected by voters
2-25 residing in state representative district 134;
3-1 (10) places 10 and 35 shall be elected by voters
3-2 residing in state representative district 135;
3-3 (11) place 11 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-4 state representative district 136;
3-5 (12) place 12 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-6 state representative district 137;
3-7 (13) place 13 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-8 state representative district 138;
3-9 (14) place 14 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-10 state representative district 139;
3-11 (15) place 15 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-12 state representative district 140;
3-13 (16) place 16 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-14 state representative district 141;
3-15 (17) place 17 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-16 state representative district 142;
3-17 (18) place 18 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-18 state representative district 143;
3-19 (19) place 19 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-20 state representative district 144;
3-21 (20) place 20 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-22 state representative district 145;
3-23 (21) place 21 shall be elected by voters residing in
3-24 state representative district 146;
3-25 (22) place 22 shall be elected by voters residing in
4-1 state representative district 147;
4-2 (23) place 23 shall be elected by voters residing in
4-3 state representative district 148;
4-4 (24) place 24 shall be elected by voters residing in
4-5 state representative district 149; and
4-6 (25) place 25 shall be elected by voters residing in
4-7 state representative district 150.
4-8 Sec. 24.524. 379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). (a)
4-9 The 379th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
4-10 (b) The district has 30 judges who are elected from state
4-11 representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
4-12 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
4-13 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
4-14 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
4-15 places:
4-16 (1) places 1 and 17 shall be elected by voters
4-17 residing in state representative district 99;
4-18 (2) places 2 and 18 shall be elected by voters
4-19 residing in state representative district 100;
4-20 (3) places 3 and 19 shall be elected by voters
4-21 residing in state representative district 101;
4-22 (4) places 4 and 20 shall be elected by voters
4-23 residing in state representative district 102;
4-24 (5) places 5 and 21 shall be elected by voters
4-25 residing in state representative district 103;
5-1 (6) places 6 and 22 shall be elected by voters
5-2 residing in state representative district 104;
5-3 (7) places 7 and 23 shall be elected by voters
5-4 residing in state representative district 105;
5-5 (8) places 8 and 24 shall be elected by voters
5-6 residing in state representative district 106;
5-7 (9) places 9 and 25 shall be elected by voters
5-8 residing in state representative district 107;
5-9 (10) places 10 and 26 shall be elected by voters
5-10 residing in state representative district 108;
5-11 (11) places 11 and 27 shall be elected by voters
5-12 residing in state representative district 109;
5-13 (12) places 12 and 28 shall be elected by voters
5-14 residing in state representative district 110;
5-15 (13) places 13 and 29 shall be elected by voters
5-16 residing in state representative district 111;
5-17 (14) places 14 and 30 shall be elected by voters
5-18 residing in state representative district 112;
5-19 (15) place 15 shall be elected by voters residing in
5-20 state representative district 113; and
5-21 (16) place 16 shall be elected by voters residing in
5-22 state representative district 114.
5-23 Sec. 24.525. 380TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (a)
5-24 The 380th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
5-25 (b) The district has 14 judges who are elected from state
6-1 representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
6-2 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
6-3 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
6-4 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
6-5 places:
6-6 (1) places 1 and 11 shall be elected by voters
6-7 residing in state representative district 89;
6-8 (2) places 2 and 12 shall be elected by voters
6-9 residing in state representative district 90;
6-10 (3) places 3 and 13 shall be elected by voters
6-11 residing in state representative district 91;
6-12 (4) places 4 and 14 shall be elected by voters
6-13 residing in state representative district 92;
6-14 (5) place 5 shall be elected by voters residing in
6-15 state representative district 93;
6-16 (6) place 6 shall be elected by voters residing in
6-17 state representative district 94;
6-18 (7) place 7 shall be elected by voters residing in
6-19 state representative district 95;
6-20 (8) place 8 shall be elected by voters residing in
6-21 state representative district 96;
6-22 (9) place 9 shall be elected by voters residing in
6-23 state representative district 97; and
6-24 (10) place 10 shall be elected by voters residing in
6-25 state representative district 98.
7-1 Sec. 24.526. 381ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a)
7-2 The 381st Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
7-3 (b) The district has 13 judges who are elected from state
7-4 representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
7-5 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
7-6 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
7-7 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
7-8 places:
7-9 (1) places 1 and 12 shall be elected by voters
7-10 residing in state representative district 115;
7-11 (2) places 2 and 13 shall be elected by voters
7-12 residing in state representative district 116;
7-13 (3) place 3 shall be elected by voters residing in
7-14 state representative district 117;
7-15 (4) place 4 shall be elected by voters residing in
7-16 state representative district 118;
7-17 (5) place 5 shall be elected by voters residing in
7-18 state representative district 119;
7-19 (6) place 6 shall be elected by voters residing in
7-20 state representative district 120;
7-21 (7) place 7 shall be elected by voters residing in
7-22 state representative district 121;
7-23 (8) place 8 shall be elected by voters residing in
7-24 state representative district 122;
7-25 (9) place 9 shall be elected by voters residing in
8-1 state representative district 123;
8-2 (10) place 10 shall be elected by voters residing in
8-3 state representative district 124; and
8-4 (11) place 11 shall be elected by voters residing in
8-5 state representative district 125.
8-6 Sec. 24.527. 382ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY).
8-7 (a) The 382nd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County.
8-8 (b) The district has six judges who are elected from state
8-9 representative districts and parts of state representative
8-10 districts as provided by Subsection (c). For purposes of this
8-11 section, a state representative district is composed of the area in
8-12 the district on January 1, 1993.
8-13 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
8-14 places:
8-15 (1) places 1 and 3 shall be elected by voters residing
8-16 in state representative district 22; and
8-17 (2) places 2, 4, 5, and 6 shall be elected by voters
8-18 residing in state representative district 21 and the voters
8-19 residing in that part of state representative district 19 in
8-20 Jefferson County.
8-21 Sec. 24.528. 383RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LUBBOCK COUNTY). (a)
8-22 The 383rd Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County.
8-23 (b) The district has three judges who are elected from
8-24 commissioners court precincts as provided by Subsection (c). For
8-25 purposes of this section, a commissioners court precinct is
9-1 composed of the area in the precinct on January 1, 1993.
9-2 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
9-3 places:
9-4 (1) place 1 shall be elected by voters residing in
9-5 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 1 of Lubbock County;
9-6 (2) place 2 shall be elected by voters residing in
9-7 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 2 of Lubbock County; and
9-8 (3) place 3 shall be elected by voters residing in
9-9 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 3 of Lubbock County.
9-10 Sec. 24.529. 384TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ECTOR COUNTY). (a)
9-11 The 384th Judicial District is composed of Ector County.
9-12 (b) The district has two judges who are elected from
9-13 commissioners court precincts as provided by Subsection (c). For
9-14 purposes of this section, a commissioners court precinct is
9-15 composed of the area in the precinct on January 1, 1993.
9-16 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
9-17 places:
9-18 (1) place 1 shall be elected by voters residing in
9-19 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 1 of Ector County; and
9-20 (2) place 2 shall be elected by voters residing in
9-21 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 2 of Ector County.
9-22 Sec. 24.530. 385TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MIDLAND COUNTY). (a)
9-23 The 385th Judicial District is composed of Midland County.
9-24 (b) The district has two judges who are elected from
9-25 commissioners court precincts as provided by Subsection (c). For
10-1 purposes of this section, a commissioners court precinct is
10-2 composed of the area in the precinct on January 1, 1993.
10-3 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
10-4 places:
10-5 (1) place 1 shall be elected by voters residing in
10-6 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 3 of Midland County; and
10-7 (2) place 2 shall be elected by voters residing in
10-8 Commissioners Court Precincts Nos. 1, 2, and 4 of Midland County.
10-9 SECTION 4. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.523(b) and
10-10 (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
10-11 amended to read as follows:
10-12 (b) The district has 59 <35> judges who are elected from
10-13 state representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
10-14 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
10-15 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
10-16 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
10-17 places:
10-18 (1) places 1 and 26 shall be elected by voters
10-19 residing in state representative district 126;
10-20 (2) places 2 and 27 shall be elected by voters
10-21 residing in state representative district 127;
10-22 (3) places 3 and 28 shall be elected by voters
10-23 residing in state representative district 128;
10-24 (4) places 4 and 29 shall be elected by voters
10-25 residing in state representative district 129;
11-1 (5) places 5 and 30 shall be elected by voters
11-2 residing in state representative district 130;
11-3 (6) places 6, <and> 31, and 51 shall be elected by
11-4 voters residing in state representative district 131;
11-5 (7) places 7 and 32 shall be elected by voters
11-6 residing in state representative district 132;
11-7 (8) places 8 and 33 shall be elected by voters
11-8 residing in state representative district 133;
11-9 (9) places 9 and 34 shall be elected by voters
11-10 residing in state representative district 134;
11-11 (10) places 10 and 35 shall be elected by voters
11-12 residing in state representative district 135;
11-13 (11) places <place> 11 and 36 shall be elected by
11-14 voters residing in state representative district 136;
11-15 (12) places <place> 12 and 37 shall be elected by
11-16 voters residing in state representative district 137;
11-17 (13) places <place> 13 and 38 shall be elected by
11-18 voters residing in state representative district 138;
11-19 (14) places <place> 14 and 39 shall be elected by
11-20 voters residing in state representative district 139;
11-21 (15) places <place> 15, 40, and 52 shall be elected by
11-22 voters residing in state representative district 140;
11-23 (16) places <place> 16, 41, and 53 shall be elected by
11-24 voters residing in state representative district 141;
11-25 (17) places <place> 17, 42, and 54 shall be elected by
12-1 voters residing in state representative district 142;
12-2 (18) places <place> 18, 43, and 55 shall be elected by
12-3 voters residing in state representative district 143;
12-4 (19) places <place> 19 and 44 shall be elected by
12-5 voters residing in state representative district 144;
12-6 (20) places <place> 20, 45, and 56 shall be elected by
12-7 voters residing in state representative district 145;
12-8 (21) places <place> 21, 46, and 57 shall be elected by
12-9 voters residing in state representative district 146;
12-10 (22) places <place> 22, 47, and 58 shall be elected by
12-11 voters residing in state representative district 147;
12-12 (23) places <place> 23, 48, and 59 shall be elected by
12-13 voters residing in state representative district 148;
12-14 (24) places <place> 24 and 49 shall be elected by
12-15 voters residing in state representative district 149; and
12-16 (25) places <place> 25 and 50 shall be elected by
12-17 voters residing in state representative district 150.
12-18 SECTION 5. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.524(b) and
12-19 (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
12-20 amended to read as follows:
12-21 (b) The district has 37 <30> judges who are elected from
12-22 state representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
12-23 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
12-24 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
12-25 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
13-1 places:
13-2 (1) places 1 and 17 shall be elected by voters
13-3 residing in state representative district 99;
13-4 (2) places 2, <and> 18, and 33 shall be elected by
13-5 voters residing in state representative district 100;
13-6 (3) places 3 and 19 shall be elected by voters
13-7 residing in state representative district 101;
13-8 (4) places 4 and 20 shall be elected by voters
13-9 residing in state representative district 102;
13-10 (5) places 5 and 21 shall be elected by voters
13-11 residing in state representative district 103;
13-12 (6) places 6, <and> 22, and 34 shall be elected by
13-13 voters residing in state representative district 104;
13-14 (7) places 7 and 23 shall be elected by voters
13-15 residing in state representative district 105;
13-16 (8) places 8 and 24 shall be elected by voters
13-17 residing in state representative district 106;
13-18 (9) places 9 and 25 shall be elected by voters
13-19 residing in state representative district 107;
13-20 (10) places 10 and 26 shall be elected by voters
13-21 residing in state representative district 108;
13-22 (11) places 11, <and> 27, and 35 shall be elected by
13-23 voters residing in state representative district 109;
13-24 (12) places 12, <and> 28, and 36 shall be elected by
13-25 voters residing in state representative district 110;
14-1 (13) places 13, <and> 29, and 37 shall be elected by
14-2 voters residing in state representative district 111;
14-3 (14) places 14 and 30 shall be elected by voters
14-4 residing in state representative district 112;
14-5 (15) places <place> 15 and 31 shall be elected by
14-6 voters residing in state representative district 113; and
14-7 (16) places <place> 16 and 32 shall be elected by
14-8 voters residing in state representative district 114.
14-9 SECTION 6. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.525(b) and
14-10 (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
14-11 amended to read as follows:
14-12 (b) The district has 25 <14> judges who are elected from
14-13 state representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
14-14 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
14-15 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
14-16 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
14-17 places:
14-18 (1) places 1, <and> 11, and 21 shall be elected by
14-19 voters residing in state representative district 89;
14-20 (2) places 2, <and> 12, and 22 shall be elected by
14-21 voters residing in state representative district 90;
14-22 (3) places 3 and 13 shall be elected by voters
14-23 residing in state representative district 91;
14-24 (4) places 4 and 14 shall be elected by voters
14-25 residing in state representative district 92;
15-1 (5) places <place> 5, 15, and 23 shall be elected by
15-2 voters residing in state representative district 93;
15-3 (6) places <place> 6 and 16 shall be elected by voters
15-4 residing in state representative district 94;
15-5 (7) places <place> 7, 17, and 24 shall be elected by
15-6 voters residing in state representative district 95;
15-7 (8) places <place> 8, 18, and 25 shall be elected by
15-8 voters residing in state representative district 96;
15-9 (9) places <place> 9 and 19 shall be elected by voters
15-10 residing in state representative district 97; and
15-11 (10) places <place> 10 and 20 shall be elected by
15-12 voters residing in state representative district 98.
15-13 SECTION 7. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.526(b) and
15-14 (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
15-15 amended to read as follows:
15-16 (b) The district has 19 <13> judges who are elected from
15-17 state representative districts as provided by Subsection (c). For
15-18 purposes of this section, a state representative district is
15-19 composed of the area in the district on January 1, 1993.
15-20 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
15-21 places:
15-22 (1) places 1 and 12 shall be elected by voters
15-23 residing in state representative district 115;
15-24 (2) places 2 and 13 shall be elected by voters
15-25 residing in state representative district 116;
16-1 (3) places <place> 3 and 14 shall be elected by voters
16-2 residing in state representative district 117;
16-3 (4) places <place> 4 and 15 shall be elected by voters
16-4 residing in state representative district 118;
16-5 (5) places <place> 5 and 16 shall be elected by voters
16-6 residing in state representative district 119;
16-7 (6) places <place> 6 and 17 shall be elected by voters
16-8 residing in state representative district 120;
16-9 (7) place 7 shall be elected by voters residing in
16-10 state representative district 121;
16-11 (8) place 8 shall be elected by voters residing in
16-12 state representative district 122;
16-13 (9) place 9 shall be elected by voters residing in
16-14 state representative district 123;
16-15 (10) places <place> 10 and 18 shall be elected by
16-16 voters residing in state representative district 124; and
16-17 (11) places <place> 11 and 19 shall be elected by
16-18 voters residing in state representative district 125.
16-19 SECTION 8. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.527(b) and
16-20 (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
16-21 amended to read as follows:
16-22 (b) The district has eight <six> judges who are elected from
16-23 state representative districts and parts of state representative
16-24 districts as provided by Subsection (c). For purposes of this
16-25 section, a state representative district is composed of the area in
17-1 the district on January 1, 1993.
17-2 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
17-3 places:
17-4 (1) places 1, <and> 3, and 7 shall be elected by
17-5 voters residing in state representative district 22; and
17-6 (2) places 2, 4, 5, <and> 6, and 8 shall be elected by
17-7 voters residing in state representative district 21 and the voters
17-8 residing in that part of state representative district 19 in
17-9 Jefferson County.
17-10 SECTION 9. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.528(b) and
17-11 (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
17-12 amended to read as follows:
17-13 (b) The district has six <three> judges who are elected from
17-14 commissioners court precincts as provided by Subsection (c). For
17-15 purposes of this section, a commissioners court precinct is
17-16 composed of the area in the precinct on January 1, 1993.
17-17 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
17-18 places:
17-19 (1) place 1 shall be elected by voters residing in
17-20 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 1 of Lubbock County;
17-21 (2) places <place> 2 and 4 shall be elected by voters
17-22 residing in Commissioners Court Precinct No. 2 of Lubbock County;
17-23 <and>
17-24 (3) places <place> 3 and 5 shall be elected by voters
17-25 residing in Commissioners Court Precinct No. 3 of Lubbock County;
18-1 and
18-2 (4) place 6 shall be elected by voters residing in
18-3 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 4 of Lubbock County.
18-4 SECTION 10. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.529(b)
18-5 and (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
18-6 amended to read as follows:
18-7 (b) The district has four <two> judges who are elected from
18-8 commissioners court precincts as provided by Subsection (c). For
18-9 purposes of this section, a commissioners court precinct is
18-10 composed of the area in the precinct on January 1, 1993.
18-11 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
18-12 places:
18-13 (1) place 1 shall be elected by voters residing in
18-14 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 1 of Ector County; <and>
18-15 (2) place 2 shall be elected by voters residing in
18-16 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 2 of Ector County;
18-17 (3) place 3 shall be elected by voters residing in
18-18 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 3 of Ector County; and
18-19 (4) place 4 shall be elected by voters residing in
18-20 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 4 of Ector County.
18-21 SECTION 11. Effective January 1, 2001, Sections 24.530(b)
18-22 and (c), Government Code, as added by Section 3 of this Act, are
18-23 amended to read as follows:
18-24 (b) The district has three <two> judges who are elected from
18-25 commissioners court precincts as provided by Subsection (c). For
19-1 purposes of this section, a commissioners court precinct is
19-2 composed of the area in the precinct on January 1, 1993.
19-3 (c) One judge shall be elected for each of the following
19-4 places:
19-5 (1) place 1 shall be elected by voters residing in
19-6 Commissioners Court Precinct No. 3 of Midland County; and
19-7 (2) places <place> 2 and 3 shall be elected by voters
19-8 residing in Commissioners Court Precincts Nos. 1, 2, and 4 of
19-9 Midland County.
19-10 SECTION 12. (a) Effective January 1, 1999, the following
19-11 sections of the Government Code are repealed:
19-12 (1) 24.157, 24.215, 24.256, 24.273, 24.362, 24.363,
19-13 24.364, 24.365, 24.368, 24.387, 24.388, 24.406, 24.407, 24.409,
19-14 24.411, 24.422, 24.423, 24.424, 24.425, 24.434, 24.439, 24.440,
19-15 24.446, 24.447, 24.457, 24.458, 24.472, 24.616, 24.617, 24.618,
19-16 24.619, 24.620, 24.621, 24.622, and 24.623;
19-17 (2) 24.146, 24.170, 24.203, 24.218, 24.236, 24.257,
19-18 24.370, 24.371, 24.372, 24.373, 24.382, 24.383, 24.431, 24.432,
19-19 24.433, 24.442, 24.459, 24.460, 24.468, 24.469, 24.475, 24.508,
19-20 24.609, 24.610, 24.611, 24.612, 24.613, 24.638, 24.901, and 24.905;
19-21 (3) 24.352, 24.408, 24.410, 24.413, 24.474, 24.516,
19-22 24.517, 24.630, 24.631, 24.632, 24.633, 24.910, 24.912, and 24.913;
19-23 (4) 24.147, 24.245, 24.249, 24.274, 24.366, 24.402,
19-24 24.403, 24.404, 24.405, 24.462, 24.465, 24.466, and 24.467;
19-25 (5) 24.160, 24.359, 24.429, 24.456, 24.625, and
20-1 24.920;
20-2 (6) 24.239, 24.414, and 24.509;
20-3 (7) 24.421 and 24.504; and
20-4 (8) 24.415 and 24.626.
20-5 (b) A judicial district created by a section of the
20-6 Government Code that is repealed by Subsection (a) of this section
20-7 is abolished January 1, 1999.
20-8 SECTION 13. (a) Effective January 1, 2001, the following
20-9 sections of the Government Code are repealed:
20-10 (1) 24.112, 24.163, 24.182, 24.227, 24.229, 24.231,
20-11 24.235, 24.250, 24.251, 24.261, 24.262, 24.267, 24.269, 24.270,
20-12 24.271, 24.272, 24.369, 24.394, 24.479, 24.480, 24.483, 24.484,
20-13 24.485, and 24.497;
20-14 (2) 24.115, 24.197, 24.259, 24.374, 24.902, 24.903,
20-15 and 24.904;
20-16 (3) 24.118, 24.150, 24.169, 24.198, 24.252, 24.392,
20-17 24.488, 24.494, 24.498, 24.639, and 24.911;
20-18 (4) 24.139, 24.159, 24.175, 24.233, 24.263, and
20-19 24.268;
20-20 (5) 24.162 and 24.238;
20-21 (6) 24.201 and 24.242;
20-22 (7) 24.172 and 24.258; and
20-23 (8) 24.243.
20-24 (b) A judicial district created by a section of the
20-25 Government Code that is repealed by Subsection (a) of this section
21-1 is abolished January 1, 2001.
21-2 SECTION 14. (a) The judicial offices created by Section 3
21-3 of this Act exist for purposes of the primary and general elections
21-4 for state and county officers in 1998.
21-5 (b) Not later than December 15, 1994, the judge of a
21-6 district court that is abolished by Section 12 of this Act shall
21-7 transfer all cases pending in the court to another district court
21-8 in the county. The court to which the cases are transferred may
21-9 not be a court that is abolished by Section 12 of this Act.
21-10 (c) The judicial offices created by Sections 4-11 of this
21-11 Act exist for purposes of the primary and general elections for
21-12 state and county officers in 2000.
21-13 (d) Not later than December 15, 2000, the judge of a
21-14 district court that is abolished by Section 13 of this Act shall
21-15 transfer all cases pending in the court to the district court in
21-16 the county that is created by Section 3 of this Act.
21-17 (e) When a case is transferred from one court to another as
21-18 provided by Subsection (b) or (d) of this section, all processes,
21-19 writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the
21-20 transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is
21-21 transferred as if originally issued by that court. The obligees in
21-22 all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a
21-23 case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a
21-24 court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear
21-25 before the court to which a case is transferred as if originally
22-1 required to appear before the court to which the transfer is made.
22-2 SECTION 15. (a) Sections 3-11, 12(a), and 13(a) of this Act
22-3 take effect as provided by those sections.
22-4 (b) Sections 1, 2, 12(b), 13(b), and 14 of this Act take
22-5 effect September 1, 1995.
22-6 SECTION 16. The importance of this legislation and the
22-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
22-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
22-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
22-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.