Amend HB 3171 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____. (a)  Section 24.185, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 24.185.  83RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (PECOS, REAGAN, TERRELL,
<UPTON,> AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES). (a)  The 83rd Judicial District
is composed of Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, <Upton,> and Val Verde
counties.
      (b)  The 83rd and 112th district courts have concurrent
jurisdiction in Pecos and<,> Reagan<, and Upton> counties.
      (c)  The 83rd and 63rd district courts have concurrent
jurisdiction in Terrell and Val Verde counties.
      (d)  The terms of the 83rd District Court begin:
            (1)  on the second Monday in January and July; and
            (2)  in Reagan County on the 14th Monday after the
first Mondays in January and July<; and>
            <(3)  in Upton County on the 12th Monday after the
first Mondays in January and July>.
      (e)  In each of the counties of Pecos, Terrell, <Upton,> and
Val Verde, a petition or other pleading filed in the district
courts is sufficient if addressed "To The District Court of Pecos
County, Texas,", "To The District Court of Terrell County, Texas,",
<"To The District Court of Upton County, Texas,",> or "To The
District Court of Val Verde County, Texas," respectively, without
giving the number of the district court in the address.
      (b)  Section 43.141(a), Government Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      (a)  The voters of Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, and
Reagan<, and Upton> counties elect a district attorney for the 83rd
Judicial District.
      SECTION ____. (a)  The local administrative district judge
shall transfer all cases from Upton County that are pending in the
83rd District Court on September 1, 2001, to the 112th District
Court.
      (b)  When a case is transferred as provided by Subsection (a)
of this section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or
other obligations issued from the 83rd District Court are
returnable to the 112th District Court as if originally issued by
that court.  The obligees on all bonds and recognizances taken in
and for the 83rd District Court and all witnesses summoned to
appear in the 83rd District Court are required to appear before the
112th District Court as if originally required to appear before
that court.