By Sibley S.B. No. 878
75R1761 SAW-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the assignment of cases in district court in certain
1-3 counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 24.022 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 24.022. ASSIGNMENT OF CASES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
1-8 Except as provided by Subchapters D and E and notwithstanding any
1-9 other law, the district clerk in a county with four or more
1-10 district courts shall assign and docket all cases on a rotating
1-11 basis.
1-12 SECTION 2. Section 24.139(d), Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 (d) The terms of the 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th,
1-15 227th, 289th, and 290th district courts [shall give preference to
1-16 criminal cases. The terms of those courts] begin on the first
1-17 Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November.
1-18 Each term continues until the court has disposed of the business
1-19 for that term.
1-20 SECTION 3. Section 24.205(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 (a) The 103rd Judicial District is composed of Cameron and
1-23 Willacy counties. [The court shall give preference to civil cases.]
1-24 SECTION 4. Section 24.207(a), Government Code, is amended to
2-1 read as follows:
2-2 (a) The 105th Judicial District is composed of Kenedy,
2-3 Kleberg, and Nueces counties. [The court shall give preference to
2-4 criminal cases.]
2-5 SECTION 5. Section 24.209(a), Government Code, is amended to
2-6 read as follows:
2-7 (a) The 107th Judicial District is composed of Cameron and
2-8 Willacy counties. [The court shall give preference to criminal
2-9 cases.]
2-10 SECTION 6. Section 24.240(a), Government Code, is amended to
2-11 read as follows:
2-12 (a) The 138th Judicial District is composed of Cameron and
2-13 Willacy counties. [The court shall give preference to criminal
2-14 cases.]
2-15 SECTION 7. Section 24.248(a), Government Code, is amended to
2-16 read as follows:
2-17 (a) The 147th Judicial District is composed of Travis
2-18 County. [The court shall give preference to criminal cases.]
2-19 SECTION 8. Section 24.386(b), Government Code, is amended to
2-20 read as follows:
2-21 (b) The 207th District Court has the same jurisdiction in
2-22 Comal County as the 22nd District Court has in Comal County [and
2-23 shall give preference to criminal cases in Caldwell, Comal, and
2-24 Hays counties].
2-25 SECTION 9. The following sections of the Government Code are
2-26 repealed: Sections 24.139(f), 24.139(k), 24.139(l), 24.175(c),
2-27 24.353(b), 24.362(b), 24.363(b), 24.364(b), 24.365(b), 24.366(b),
3-1 24.373(b), 24.374(b), 24.376(b), 24.382(b), 24.383(b), 24.384(b),
3-2 24.387(b), 24.388(b), 24.393(b), 24.394(b), 24.402(b), 24.403(b),
3-3 24.404(b), 24.405(b), 24.406(b), 24.407(b), 24.408(b), 24.409(b),
3-4 24.410(b), 24.422(b), 24.423(b), 24.424(b), 24.425(b), 24.429(b),
3-5 24.431(b), 24.432(b), 24.433(b), 24.434(b), 24.439(b), 24.440(b),
3-6 24.442(b), 24.456(b), 24.459(b), 24.460(b), 24.462(b), 24.465(b),
3-7 24.466(b), 24.467(b), 24.468(b), 24.469(b), 24.472(b), 24.474(b),
3-8 24.475(b), 24.479(b), 24.480(b), 24.483(b), 24.484(b), 24.485(b),
3-9 24.488(b), 24.491(b), 24.494(b), 24.497(b), 24.498(b), 24.508(b),
3-10 24.516(b), 24.517(b), and 24.522(b).
3-11 SECTION 10. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.