By Cain S.B. No. 1756 76R8348 RJA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of 1-3 Rockwall County. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 24.568 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 24.568. 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ROCKWALL COUNTY). 1-8 (a) The 423rd Judicial District is composed of Rockwall County. 1-9 (b) The 423rd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction 1-10 with the county court in Rockwall County over all matters of civil 1-11 and criminal jurisdiction, original and appellate, in cases over 1-12 which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and 1-13 laws of this state. Matters and proceedings in the concurrent 1-14 jurisdiction of the 423rd District Court and the county court may 1-15 be filed in either court and all cases of concurrent jurisdiction 1-16 may be transferred between the 423rd District Court and the county 1-17 court. However, a case may not be transferred from one court to 1-18 another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it 1-19 is transferred, and a case may not be transferred unless it is 1-20 within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred. 1-21 SECTION 2. The 423rd Judicial District is created and this 1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.