1-1 By: Solomons, Crownover, Denny H.B. No. 2788 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001; 1-4 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-5 Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-6 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the transfer of certain cases from a district court of 1-10 a judicial district to a newly created district court of that 1-11 judicial district. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 24.022 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 24.022. EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CASES FOLLOWING 1-16 CREATION OF ADDITIONAL COURT. (a) On the creation of an additional 1-17 district court in a county, an existing district court in the 1-18 county may transfer to the new court a case regarding a child who 1-19 is subject to the continuing exclusive jurisdiction of the existing 1-20 court under Title 5, Family Code, regardless of whether the case is 1-21 pending in the existing court or the existing court rendered a 1-22 final order in the case. 1-23 (b) The district court to which the case is transferred 1-24 under this section acquires continuing exclusive jurisdiction under 1-25 Title 5, Family Code, over the child. 1-26 SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 24.022, 1-27 Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a case 1-28 transferred from a district court of a judicial district to a newly 1-29 created district court of that district, regardless of whether the 1-30 case is transferred before, on, or after the effective date of this 1-31 Act. 1-32 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-33 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-34 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-35 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-36 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-37 * * * * *