By Reyna of Dallas H.B. No. 1562
76R5721 MLS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to matters that may be referred to a criminal law
1-3 magistrate in Dallas County.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.306(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) A judge may refer to a magistrate any matter arising out
1-8 of a criminal case involving:
1-9 (1) a negotiated plea of guilty or nolo contendere
1-10 before the court;
1-11 (2) a bond forfeiture;
1-12 (3) a pretrial motion;
1-13 (4) a postconviction writ of habeas corpus;
1-14 (5) an examining trial;
1-15 (6) an occupational driver's license; [and]
1-16 (7) an appeal of an administrative driver's license
1-17 revocation hearing; and
1-18 (8) any other matter the judge considers necessary and
1-19 proper.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-21 SECTION 3. 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.