1-1     By:  Ratliff                                            S.B. No. 20

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 10, 1997; April 11, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 18, 1997,

 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0;

 1-5     April 18, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the creation of certain district courts.

 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-10           SECTION 1.  Effective September 1, 1997, Subchapter C,

1-11     Chapter 24, Government Code, is amended by adding Sections 24.524,

1-12     24.538, and 24.540 through 24.549 to read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 24.524.  379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-14     379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-15           Sec. 24.538.  393RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-16     393rd Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-17           Sec. 24.540.  395TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-18     395th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-19           Sec. 24.541.  396TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-20     396th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-21           Sec. 24.542.  397TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  The

1-22     397th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

1-23           Sec. 24.543.  398TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CAMERON COUNTY).  The

1-24     398th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County.

1-25           Sec. 24.544.  399TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY).  The

1-26     399th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.

1-27           Sec. 24.545.  400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY).

1-28     The 400th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County.

1-29           Sec. 24.546.  401ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY).  The

1-30     401st Judicial District is composed of Harris County.

1-31           Sec. 24.547.  402ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).  The

1-32     402nd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

1-33           Sec. 24.548.  403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).  The

1-34     403rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

1-35           Sec. 24.549.  404TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).  The

1-36     404th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

1-37           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-38     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-39     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-40     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-41     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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