By Homer H.B. No. 2472
77R5477 KLA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Fannin
1-3 County and the composition of the 6th and 336th judicial districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 24.106, Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 24.106. 6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([FANNIN,] LAMAR[,] AND
1-8 RED RIVER COUNTIES).
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 24.106(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-10 read as follows:
1-11 (a) The 6th Judicial District is composed of [Fannin,]
1-12 Lamar[,] and Red River counties.
1-13 SECTION 3. The heading to Section 24.482, Government Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 24.482. 336TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([FANNIN AND] GRAYSON
1-16 COUNTY [COUNTIES]).
1-17 SECTION 4. Section 24.482(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-18 read as follows:
1-19 (a) The 336th Judicial District is composed of [Fannin and]
1-20 Grayson County [counties].
1-21 SECTION 5. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-22 amended by adding Section 24.560 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 24.560. 416TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FANNIN COUNTY). The
1-24 416th Judicial District is composed of Fannin County.
2-1 SECTION 6. (a) The 416th Judicial District is created and
2-2 this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-3 (b) The local administrative district judge shall transfer
2-4 all cases from Fannin County that are pending in the 6th District
2-5 Court or the 336th District Court on the effective date of this Act
2-6 to the 416th District Court.
2-7 (c) When a case is transferred from one court to another as
2-8 provided by Subsection (b) of this section, all processes, writs,
2-9 bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the
2-10 transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is
2-11 transferred, as if originally issued by that court. The obligees
2-12 in all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which
2-13 a case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a
2-14 court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear
2-15 before the court to which a case is transferred as if originally
2-16 required to appear before the court to which the transfer is made.