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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