By: Wentworth S.B. No. 917
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the composition of the 33rd and 198th judicial
1-2 districts and the composition of the Third and Sixth administrative
1-3 judicial regions.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 24.135, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 24.135. 33RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BLANCO, BURNET, LLANO,
1-8 [MASON,] AND SAN SABA COUNTIES). (a) The 33rd Judicial District
1-9 is composed of Blanco, Burnet, Llano, [Mason,] and San Saba
1-10 counties.
1-11 (b) [(c)] The terms of the 33rd District Court begin:
1-12 (1) in Blanco County on the first Mondays in February
1-13 and September;
1-14 (2) in Burnet County on the fourth Mondays in April
1-15 and November;
1-16 (3) in Llano County on the first Mondays in April and
1-17 November; and
1-18 (4) [in Mason County on the second Mondays in January
1-19 and June; and]
1-20 [(5)] in San Saba County on the second Mondays in
1-21 March and October.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 24.377, Government Code, is amended to
1-23 read as follows:
1-24 Sec. 24.377. 198TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([CONCHO,] KERR,
2-1 KIMBLE, MCCULLOCH, MASON, AND MENARD COUNTIES). (a) The 198th
2-2 Judicial District is composed of [Concho,] Kerr, Kimble, McCulloch,
2-3 Mason, and Menard counties.
2-4 (b) The judge of the 198th District Court may select jury
2-5 commissioners and impanel grand juries in each county. The judge
2-6 of the 198th District Court may alternate the drawing of grand
2-7 juries with the judge of any other district court in each county
2-8 within his district and may order grand and petit juries to be
2-9 drawn for any term of his court as in his judgment is necessary, by
2-10 an order entered in the minutes of the court. Indictments within
2-11 each county may be returned to either court within that county.
2-12 SECTION 3. Subsections (d) and (g), Section 74.042,
2-13 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-14 (d) The Third Administrative Judicial Region is composed of
2-15 the counties of Austin, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Caldwell,
2-16 Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Gonzales,
2-17 Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Johnson, Lampasas, Lavaca, Llano,
2-18 [Mason,] McLennan, Milam, Navarro, San Saba, Somervell, Travis, and
2-19 Williamson.
2-20 (g) The Sixth Administrative Judicial Region is composed of
2-21 the counties of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El
2-22 Paso, Gillespie, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble,
2-23 Kinney, Mason, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Sutton,
2-24 Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, and Val Verde.
2-25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.