By Merritt                                            H.B. No. 3697
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 30.00536, Government Code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 30.00536.  COURT REPORTER.  [(a)]  The municipal judge
 1-7     shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.
 1-8           [(c)  Section 30.00010(d) does not apply to this subchapter.]
 1-9           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-10     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-11     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-12     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-13     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.