By Zaffirini                                          S.B. No. 1001
         77R6466 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of a judge of a district court to hear
 1-3     certain matters at a correctional facility.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 24.012, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  A district judge may hear a matter relating to a civil
 1-8     or criminal case at a correctional facility in the county in which
 1-9     the case is filed or prosecuted if a party to the case or the
1-10     criminal defendant is confined in the correctional facility.  For
1-11     purposes of this subsection, "correctional facility" has the
1-12     meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
1-13           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-14     applies only to:
1-15                 (1)  a civil case filed in a district court on or after
1-16     that date; or
1-17                 (2)  a criminal case that commences on or after that
1-18     date.