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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