By Solomons 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.