By Ratliff S.B. No. 24
75R11042 SAW-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the terms of the district courts in Bowie County.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 24.105(d), Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (d) The terms of the 5th District Court begin:
1-7 (1) in Bowie County on the first Mondays in January
1-8 and[, April,] July[, and October]; and
1-9 (2) in Cass County on the first Mondays in February,
1-10 May, August, and November.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 24.204(b), Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (b) The terms of the 102nd District Court begin:
1-14 (1) in Bowie County on the first Mondays in January
1-15 and[, April,] July[, and October]; and
1-16 (2) in Red River County on the first Mondays in
1-17 February, May, August, and November.
1-18 SECTION 3. Section 24.381(d), Government Code, is amended to
1-19 read as follows:
1-20 (d) The terms of the 202nd District Court begin on the first
1-21 Mondays in January and[, April,] July[, and October]. During each
1-22 term of court in Bowie County, the court may sit in Texarkana to
1-23 try, hear, and determine any civil nonjury case, may hear and
1-24 determine motions, agreements, and other nonjury civil matters that
2-1 come before the court, and may hear and determine any criminal
2-2 nonjury matters, including pleas of guilty, both felony and
2-3 misdemeanor, when a jury has been waived. This subsection does not
2-4 limit the court's power to hear those matters in Boston.
2-5 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-6 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.