By Puente                                        H.B. No. 240

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the creation of five judicial districts composed of

 1-3     Bexar County.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is

 1-6     amended by adding Sections 24.538, 24.540, 24.541, 24.544, and

 1-7     24.545 to read as follows:

 1-8           Sec. 24.538.  393RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)

 1-9     The 393rd Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-10           (b)  The 393rd District Court shall give preference to

1-11     criminal cases.

1-12           Sec. 24.540.  395TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)

1-13     The 395th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-14           (b)  The 395th District Court shall give preference to civil

1-15     cases.

1-16           Sec. 24.541.  396TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)

1-17     The 396th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-18           (b)  The 396th District Court shall give preference to

1-19     juvenile matters.

1-20           Sec. 24.544.  399TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)

1-21     The 399th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-22           (b)  The 399th District Court shall give preference to

1-23     criminal cases.

1-24           Sec. 24.545.  400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)

 2-1     The 400th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

 2-2           (b)  The 400th District Court shall give preference to civil

 2-3     cases.

 2-4           SECTION 2.  The 393rd, 395th, 396th, 399th, and 400th

 2-5     judicial districts are created and this Act takes effect September

 2-6     1, 1997.

 2-7           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.