By Luna                                                S.B. No. 159
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the creation of five judicial districts composed of
 1-3     Bexar 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 Sections 24.524, 24.531, 24.532, 24.533, and
 1-7     24.534 to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 24.524.  379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)
 1-9     The 379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
1-10           (b)  The 379th District Court shall give preference to
1-11     criminal cases.
1-12           Sec. 24.531.  386TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)
1-13     The 386th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
1-14           (b)  The 386th District Court shall give preference to civil
1-15     cases.
1-16           Sec. 24.532.  387TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)
1-17     The 387th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
1-18           (b)  The 387th District Court shall give preference to
1-19     juvenile matters.
1-20           Sec. 24.533.  388TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)
1-21     The 388th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
1-22           (b)  The 388th District Court shall give preference to
1-23     criminal cases.
1-24           Sec. 24.534.  389TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY).  (a)
 2-1     The 389th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
 2-2           (b)  The 389th District Court shall give preference to civil
 2-3     cases.
 2-4           SECTION 2.  The 379th, 386th, 387th, 388th, and 389th
 2-5     judicial districts are created and this Act takes effect September
 2-6     1, 1999.
 2-7           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.