By Wentworth                                           S.B. No. 915
         76R4255 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the composition of certain court of appeals districts.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Sections 22.201(b), (j), (m), and (o), Government
 1-5     Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the
 1-7     counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Brazos,] Burleson, Chambers,
 1-8     Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery,
 1-9     Trinity, Walker, Waller, and Washington.
1-10           (j)  The Ninth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-11     counties of Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty,
1-12     [Montgomery,] Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler.
1-13           (m)  The Twelfth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-14     counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston,
1-15     Kaufman, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine,
1-16     Shelby, Smith, Upshur, and Van Zandt[, and Wood].
1-17           (o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of
1-18     the counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Brazos,] Burleson, Chambers,
1-19     Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery,
1-20     Trinity, Walker, Waller, and Washington.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect the jurisdiction on
1-22     appeal of any case from a county that is transferred by this Act to
1-23     a  different court of appeals district if the transcripts for the
1-24     case were filed before the effective date of this Act in the
 2-1     appropriate court of appeals district.
 2-2           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.