1-1 By: Farabee (Senate Sponsor - Moncrief) H.B. No. 1073
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the hours of operation of certain courts for
1-9 proceedings under the Texas Mental Health Code.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 571.012, Health and Safety Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 571.012. COURT HOURS; AVAILABILITY OF JUDGE OR
1-14 MAGISTRATE. The probate court or court having probate jurisdiction
1-15 shall be open [at all times] for proceedings under this subtitle
1-16 during normal business hours. The probate judge or magistrate
1-17 shall be available at all times at the request of a person
1-18 apprehended or detained under Chapter 573, or a proposed patient
1-19 under Chapter 574.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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