By Hamric H.B. No. 3608
75R13826 SAW-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the statutory probate courts of Harris County.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.1034(b), Government Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The Probate Courts Nos. [Court No.] 3 and 4 of Harris
1-7 County have [has primary] responsibility for all mental illness
1-8 proceedings. The judge of the Probate Court No. 3 or 4 who has
1-9 served for the greatest amount of time on the judge's respective
1-10 court is responsible [and] for all administration related to mental
1-11 illness proceedings, including budget preparation, staff
1-12 management, and the adoption of administrative policy. [The
1-13 Probate Court No. 4 of Harris County has secondary responsibility
1-14 for mental illness proceedings.]
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.