By Thompson H.B. No. 3170
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the geographic districts of the courts of appeals.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 22.201, Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (a) The state is divided into 14 courts of appeals districts
1-7 with a court of appeals in each district.
1-8 (b) The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-9 counties of [Austin,] Brazoria, [Brazos, Burleson, Chambers,]
1-10 [Colorado,] Fort Bend, Galveston, [Grimes,] Harris, Montgomery,
1-11 [Trinity, Walker,] and Waller[, and Washington].
1-12 (c) The Second Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-13 counties of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hood, Jack, Montague,
1-14 Parker, Tarrant, [Wichita,] Wise, and Young.
1-15 (d) The Third Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-16 counties of Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet,
1-17 Caldwell, [Coke,] Colorado, Comal, [Concho,] Fayette, Hays,
1-18 [Irion,] Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch, Milam, Mills, Runnels,
1-19 San Saba, [Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green,] Travis, Washington,
1-20 and Williamson.
1-21 (e) The Fourth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
1-22 counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, [Brooks,] Dimmit, Duval,
1-23 Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, [Jim Wells,] Karnes,
2-1 Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, LaSalle, McMullen, Mason, Maverick,
2-2 Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Starr, Sutton, Uvalde, [Val
2-3 Verde,] Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala.
2-4 (f) The Fifth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
2-5 counties of Collin, Dallas, [Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman,] and
2-6 Rockwall[, and Van Zandt].
2-7 (g) The Sixth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
2-8 counties of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson,
2-9 [Gregg,] Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola,
2-10 Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, and Wood.
2-11 (h) The Seventh Court of Appeals District is composed of the
2-12 counties of Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress,
2-13 Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith,
2-14 Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford,
2-15 Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb,
2-16 Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer,
2-17 Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wichita,
2-18 Wilbarger, Wheeler, and Yoakum.
2-19 (i) The Eighth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
2-20 counties of Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector,
2-21 the counties of Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, DeWitt,
2-22 Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg,
2-23 Lavaca, Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio,
2-24 Victoria, Wharton, and Willacy.
2-25 (o) The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of
2-26 the counties of [Austin,] Brazoria, [Brazos, Burleson, Chambers,]
3-1 [Colorado,] Fort Bend, Galveston, [Grimes,] Harris, Montgomery,
3-2 [Trinity, Walker,] and Waller[, and Washington].
3-3 SECTION 2. Each court of appeals shall have continuing
3-4 jurisdiction and authority to issue a binding opinion on appeals
3-5 filed with the court before the effective date of this act.
3-6 SECTION 3. The geographic jurisdiction of each court of
3-7 appeals shall be used for the 2002 primary and general elections
3-8 and for any appointments made on or after September 1, 2001.
3-9 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.