By Wentworth                                           S.B. No. 917
         76R7112 RJA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the composition of the 33rd and 198th judicial
 1-3     districts and the composition of the Third and Sixth administrative
 1-4     judicial regions.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 24.135, Government Code, is amended to
 1-7     read as follows:  
 1-8           Sec. 24.135.  33RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BLANCO, BURNET, LLANO,
 1-9     [MASON,] AND SAN SABA COUNTIES).  (a)  The 33rd Judicial District
1-10     is composed of Blanco, Burnet, Llano, [Mason,] and San Saba
1-11     counties.
1-12           (b) [(c)]  The terms of the 33rd District Court begin:
1-13                 (1)  in Blanco County on the first Mondays in February
1-14     and September;
1-15                 (2)  in Burnet County on the fourth Mondays in April
1-16     and November;
1-17                 (3)  in Llano County on the first Mondays in April and
1-18     November; and
1-19                 (4)  [in Mason County on the second Mondays in January
1-20     and June; and]
1-21                 [(5)]  in San Saba County on the second Mondays in
1-22     March and October.
1-23           SECTION 2.   Section 24.377, Government Code, is amended to
1-24     read as follows:
 2-1           Sec. 24.377.  198TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([CONCHO,] KERR,
 2-2     KIMBLE, MCCULLOCH, MASON, AND MENARD COUNTIES).  (a)  The 198th
 2-3     Judicial District is composed of [Concho,] Kerr, Kimble, McCulloch,
 2-4     Mason, and Menard counties.
 2-5           (b)  The judge of the 198th District Court may select jury
 2-6     commissioners and impanel grand juries in each county.  The judge
 2-7     of the 198th District Court may alternate the drawing of grand
 2-8     juries with the judge of any other district court in each county
 2-9     within his district and may order grand and petit juries to be
2-10     drawn for any term of his court as in his judgment is necessary, by
2-11     an order entered in the minutes of the court.  Indictments within
2-12     each county may be returned to either court within that county.
2-13           SECTION 3.  Sections 74.042(d) and (g), Government Code, are
2-14     amended to read as follows:
2-15           (d)  The Third Administrative Judicial Region is composed of
2-16     the counties of Austin, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Caldwell,
2-17     Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Gonzales,
2-18     Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Johnson, Lampasas, Lavaca, Llano,
2-19     [Mason,] McLennan, Milam, Navarro, San Saba, Somervell, Travis, and
2-20     Williamson.
2-21           (g)  The Sixth Administrative Judicial Region is composed of
2-22     the counties of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El
2-23     Paso, Gillespie, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble,
2-24     Kinney, Mason, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Sutton,
2-25     Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, and Val Verde.
2-26           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2000.