By Ratliff                                              S.B. No. 20

         75R11039 MLS-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the creation of certain district courts.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Effective September 1, 1997, Subchapter C,

 1-5     Chapter 24, Government Code, is amended by adding Sections 24.524,

 1-6     24.538, and 24.540 through 24.549 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 24.524.  379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

 1-8     379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

 1-9           Sec. 24.538.  393RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-10     393rd Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-11           Sec. 24.540.  395TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-12     395th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-13           Sec. 24.541.  396TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-14     396th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-15           Sec. 24.542.  397TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-16     397th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-17           Sec. 24.543.  398TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CAMERON COUNTY).  The

1-18     398th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County.

1-19           Sec. 24.544.  399TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY).   The

1-20     399th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.

1-21           Sec. 24.545.  400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY).

1-22     The 400th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County.

1-23           Sec. 24.546.  401ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY).  The

1-24     401st Judicial District is composed of Harris County.

 2-1           Sec. 24.547.  402ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).  The

 2-2     402nd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

 2-3           Sec. 24.548.  403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).  The

 2-4     403rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

 2-5           Sec. 24.549.  404TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).  The

 2-6     404th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

 2-7           SECTION 2.  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.