By Solomons, Crownover, Denny H.B. No. 2788 77R8560 KLA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transfer of certain cases from a district court of 1-3 a judicial district to a newly created district court of that 1-4 judicial district. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 24.022 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 24.022. EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CASES FOLLOWING 1-9 CREATION OF ADDITIONAL COURT. (a) On the creation of an additional 1-10 district court in a county, an existing district court in the 1-11 county may transfer to the new court a case regarding a child who 1-12 is subject to the continuing exclusive jurisdiction of the existing 1-13 court under Title 5, Family Code, regardless of whether the case is 1-14 pending in the existing court or the existing court rendered a 1-15 final order in the case. 1-16 (b) The district court to which the case is transferred 1-17 under this section acquires continuing exclusive jurisdiction under 1-18 Title 5, Family Code, over the child. 1-19 SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 24.022, 1-20 Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a case 1-21 transferred from a district court of a judicial district to a newly 1-22 created district court of that district, regardless of whether the 1-23 case is transferred before, on, or after the effective date of this 1-24 Act. 2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.