By Brown of Brazos                                    H.B. No. 2764
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the composition of the First and Fourteenth courts of
 1-3     appeals districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Sections 22.201(b) and (o), Government Code, are
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the
 1-8     counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Brazos,] Burleson, Chambers,
 1-9     Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Trinity, Walker,
1-10     Waller, and Washington.
1-11           (o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of
1-12     the counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Brazos,] Burleson, Chambers,
1-13     Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Trinity, Walker,
1-14     Waller, and Washington.
1-15           SECTION 2. This Act does not affect the jurisdiction on
1-16     appeal of any case from a county that is transferred by this Act to
1-17     a different court of appeals district if the transcripts for the
1-18     case were filed before the effective date of this Act in the
1-19     appropriate court of appeals district.
1-20           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.