By Telford                                             H.B. No. 317
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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.