1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1001 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2001; March 1, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 1-4 April 10, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 10, 2001, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1001 By: Ellis 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the authority of a judge of a district court to hear 1-11 certain matters at a correctional facility. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Section 24.012, Government Code, is amended by 1-14 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-15 (e) A district judge may hear a nonjury matter relating to a 1-16 civil or criminal case at a correctional facility in the county in 1-17 which the case is filed or prosecuted if a party to the case or the 1-18 criminal defendant is confined in the correctional facility. For 1-19 purposes of this subsection, "correctional facility" has the 1-20 meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-22 applies to a civil or criminal case, regardless of whether the case 1-23 was filed or commenced before, on, or after that date. 1-24 * * * * *