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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