By Denny                                         H.B. No. 928

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Denton

 1-3     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 Section 24.550 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 24.550.  406TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY).

 1-8     (a)  The 406th Judicial District is composed of Denton County.

 1-9           (b)  The 406th District Court shall give preference to family

1-10     law matters.

1-11           SECTION 2.  The 406th Judicial District is created and this

1-12     Act takes effect May 1, 1998.

1-13           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.