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.
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