By Hinojosa                                            H.B. No. 593
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the creation of three judicial districts in Hidalgo
 1-3     County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 24.554 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 24.554.  408TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY).  The
 1-8     408th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
 1-9           SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-10     amended by adding Sections 24.555 and 24.557 to read as follows:
1-11           Sec. 24.555.  409TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY).  The
1-12     409th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
1-13           Sec. 24.557.  412TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY).  The
1-14     412th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
1-15           SECTION 3.  The 408th Judicial District is created September
1-16     1, 1999, and Section 1 of this Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-17           SECTION 4.  The 409th and 412th Judicial Districts are
1-18     created January 1, 2000, and Section 2 of this Act takes effect
1-19     January 1, 2000.
1-20           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-21     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.