1-1 By: Telford (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 317
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 15, 2001;
1-3 March 19, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; April 24, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 24, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the location where the court of appeals for the Sixth
1-9 Court of Appeals District transacts business.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 22.207(b), Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (b) The court may transact its business in the City of
1-14 Texarkana or the [courthouse of the] county seat of any county in
1-15 the district as the court determines is necessary or convenient,
1-16 except that all cases originating in Bowie County shall be heard
1-17 and transacted in the City of Texarkana.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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