By Shapiro S.B. No. 1824
76R7812 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation of the County Criminal Court No. 11 of
1-3 Dallas County, Texas.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.0591(b), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (b) Dallas County has the following county criminal courts:
1-8 (1) County Criminal Court of Dallas County, Texas;
1-9 (2) County Criminal Court No. 2 of Dallas County,
1-10 Texas;
1-11 (3) County Criminal Court No. 3 of Dallas County,
1-12 Texas;
1-13 (4) County Criminal Court Number Four of Dallas
1-14 County, Texas;
1-15 (5) County Criminal Court Number Five of Dallas
1-16 County, Texas;
1-17 (6) County Criminal Court Number 6 of Dallas County,
1-18 Texas;
1-19 (7) County Criminal Court Number 7 of Dallas County,
1-20 Texas;
1-21 (8) County Criminal Court No. 8 of Dallas County,
1-22 Texas;
1-23 (9) County Criminal Court No. 9 of Dallas County,
1-24 Texas; [and]
2-1 (10) County Criminal Court No. 10 of Dallas County,
2-2 Texas; and
2-3 (11) County Criminal Court No. 11 of Dallas County,
2-4 Texas.
2-5 SECTION 2. Section 25.0593, Government Code, is amended by
2-6 adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
2-7 (b) The County Criminal Court No. 11 of Dallas County,
2-8 Texas, shall give preference to cases designated by an order
2-9 signed by a majority of the judges of the county criminal courts
2-10 of Dallas County.
2-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-12 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.