By: Turner S.B. No. 1515
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to terms of courts and grand juries in Williamson County.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Sections 24.128, 24.454, and 24.513, Government
1-4 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-5 Sec. 24.128. 26th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WILLIAMSON COUNTY).
1-6 (a) The 26th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County.
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 <(c) The judge of the 26th District Court shall organize and
1-11 impanel grand juries for Williamson County at the March and
1-12 September terms of the court. When the judge considers it
1-13 necessary, the judge, by entering an order, may organize and
1-14 impanel grand juries at any other term of the court.>
1-15 Sec. 24.454. 277th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WILLIAMSON COUNTY).
1-16 (a) The 277th Judicial District is composed by Williamson County.
1-17 (b) The terms of the 277th District Court begin on the first
1-18 Mondays in January and<, March, May,> July<, September, and
1-19 November>.
1-20 <(c) The judge of the 277th District Court shall organize
1-21 and impanel grand juries for Williamson County at the January and
1-22 July terms of the court and may, when considered necessary, enter
1-23 an order to organize and impanel grand juries at any other term of
2-1 the court.>
2-2 Sec. 24.513. 368th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WILLIAMSON COUNTY).
2-3 (a) The 368th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County.
2-4 (b) The terms of the 368th District Court begin on the first
2-5 Mondays in January and<, March, May,> July<, September, and
2-6 November>.
2-7 <(c) The judge of the 368th District Court shall organize
2-8 and impanel grand juries for Williamson County at the May and
2-9 November terms of the court, and may, when considered necessary,
2-10 enter an order to organize and impanel grand juries at any other
2-11 term of the court.>
2-12 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-18 passage, and it is so enacted.