By Wentworth S.B. No. 970
75R7598 RJA-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain district courts in Bexar County.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 24.139(d), Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (d) The 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th, 227th, [289th,]
1-7 and 290th district courts shall give preference to criminal cases.
1-8 The terms of those courts begin on the first Mondays in January
1-9 and[, March, May,] July[, September, and November]. Each term
1-10 continues until the court has disposed of the business for that
1-11 term.
1-12 SECTION 2. Section 24.466(c), Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 (c) The terms of the 289th District Court begin on the first
1-15 Mondays in January and[, March, May,] July[, September, and
1-16 November]. Each term continues until the court has disposed of the
1-17 business for that term.
1-18 SECTION 3. Sections 24.366(c), 24.404(c), 24.405(c), and
1-19 24.467(c), Government Code, are repealed.
1-20 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-21 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.