1-1     By:  Wentworth                                         S.B. No. 917
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     April 8, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 8, 1999,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 917                By:  Wentworth
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the composition of the 33rd and 198th judicial
1-11     districts and the composition of the Third and Sixth administrative
1-12     judicial regions.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Section 24.135, Government Code, is amended to
1-15     read as follows:  
1-16           Sec. 24.135.  33RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BLANCO, BURNET, LLANO,
1-17     [MASON,] AND SAN SABA COUNTIES).  (a)  The 33rd Judicial District
1-18     is composed of Blanco, Burnet, Llano, [Mason,] and San Saba
1-19     counties.
1-20           (b) [(c)]  The terms of the 33rd District Court begin:
1-21                 (1)  in Blanco County on the first Mondays in February
1-22     and September;
1-23                 (2)  in Burnet County on the fourth Mondays in April
1-24     and November;
1-25                 (3)  in Llano County on the first Mondays in April and
1-26     November; and
1-27                 (4)  [in Mason County on the second Mondays in January
1-28     and June; and]
1-29                 [(5)]  in San Saba County on the second Mondays in
1-30     March and October.
1-31           SECTION 2.   Section 24.377, Government Code, is amended to
1-32     read as follows:
1-33           Sec. 24.377.  198TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([CONCHO,] KERR,
1-34     KIMBLE, MCCULLOCH, MASON, AND MENARD COUNTIES).  (a)  The 198th
1-35     Judicial District is composed of [Concho,] Kerr, Kimble, McCulloch,
1-36     Mason, and Menard counties.
1-37           (b)  The judge of the 198th District Court may select jury
1-38     commissioners and impanel grand juries in each county.  The judge
1-39     of the 198th District Court may alternate the drawing of grand
1-40     juries with the judge of any other district court in each county
1-41     within his district and may order grand and petit juries to be
1-42     drawn for any term of his court as in his judgment is necessary, by
1-43     an order entered in the minutes of the court.  Indictments within
1-44     each county may be returned to either court within that county.
1-45           SECTION 3.  Subsections (d) and (g), Section 74.042,
1-46     Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-47           (d)  The Third Administrative Judicial Region is composed of
1-48     the counties of Austin, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Caldwell,
1-49     Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Gonzales,
1-50     Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Johnson, Lampasas, Lavaca, Llano,
1-51     [Mason,] McLennan, Milam, Navarro, San Saba, Somervell, Travis, and
1-52     Williamson.
1-53           (g)  The Sixth Administrative Judicial Region is composed of
1-54     the counties of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, El
1-55     Paso, Gillespie, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble,
1-56     Kinney, Mason, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Sutton,
1-57     Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, and Val Verde.
1-58           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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