By Naishtat H.B. No. 1038 75R3884 MWV-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of two judicial districts in Travis 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 Sections 24.548 and 24.549 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 24.548. 404TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (a) 1-8 The 404th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 1-9 (b) The 404th Judicial District shall give preference to 1-10 criminal cases. 1-11 Sec. 24.549. 405TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (a) 1-12 The 405th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 1-13 (b) The 405th Judicial District shall give preference to 1-14 criminal cases. 1-15 SECTION 2. The 404th and 405th Judicial Districts are 1-16 created and this Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.