1-1     By:  Wentworth, Ellis                                  S.B. No. 915
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 5, 1999,
 1-4     reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 1; May 5, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 915                    By:  Brown
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the composition of certain court of appeals districts.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsections (b), (f), (g), (j), (k), (m), and
1-12     (o), Section 22.201, Government Code, are amended to read as
1-13     follows:
1-14           (b)  The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-15     counties of [Austin,] Brazoria, [Brazos, Burleson, Chambers,
1-16     Colorado,] Fort Bend, Galveston, and [Grimes,] Harris[, Trinity,
1-17     Walker, Waller, and Washington].
1-18           (f)  The Fifth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-19     counties of Collin, Dallas, Grayson, [Hunt,] Kaufman, and
1-20     Rockwall[, and Van Zandt].
1-21           (g)  The Sixth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-22     counties of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, [Gregg,]
1-23     Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red
1-24     River, Rusk, Shelby, Titus, Van Zandt [Upshur], and Wood.
1-25           (j)  The Ninth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-26     counties of Chambers [Angelina], Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson,
1-27     Liberty, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity,
1-28     [and] Tyler, and Walker.
1-29           (k)  The Tenth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-30     counties of Austin, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Coryell,
1-31     Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon,
1-32     Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, [and] Somervell,
1-33     Waller, and Washington.
1-34           (m)  The Twelfth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-35     counties of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson,
1-36     [Hopkins,] Houston, [Kaufman,] Nacogdoches, [Panola, Rains, Rusk,]
1-37     Sabine, San Augustine, [Shelby,] Smith, and Upshur[, Van Zandt, and
1-38     Wood].
1-39           (o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of
1-40     the counties of [Austin,] Brazoria, [Brazos, Burleson, Chambers,
1-41     Colorado,] Fort Bend, Galveston, and [Grimes,] Harris[, Trinity,
1-42     Walker, Waller, and Washington].
1-43           SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 22.207, and Subsection
1-44     (d), Section 22,213, Government Code, are repealed.
1-45           SECTION 3.  This Act does not affect the jurisdiction on
1-46     appeal of any case from a county that is transferred by this Act to
1-47     a  different court of appeals district if the transcripts for the
1-48     case were filed before the effective date of this Act in the
1-49     appropriate court of appeals district.
1-50           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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