By Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 2764
77R7881 YDB-D
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.