1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the location where the court of appeals for the Sixth
1-3 Court of Appeals District transacts business.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.207(b), Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) The court may transact its business in the City of
1-8 Texarkana or the [courthouse of the] county seat of any county in
1-9 the district as the court determines is necessary or convenient,
1-10 except that all cases originating in Bowie County shall be heard
1-11 and transacted in the City of Texarkana.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 317 was passed by the House on March
14, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 317 was passed by the Senate on May
4, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor