1-1     By:  Ellis                                            S.B. No. 1813
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 18, 2001; April 19, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Finance; May 10, 2001,
 1-4     reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1813                   By:  Ellis
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the creation, composition, and operation of certain
1-10     district courts.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-13     amended by adding Section 24.542 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec.  24.542.  397TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY).  The
1-15     397th Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
1-16           SECTION 2.  (a)  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code,
1-17     is amended by adding Section 24.556 to read as follows:
1-18           Sec.  24.556.  412TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FANNIN COUNTY).  The
1-19     412th Judicial District is composed of Fannin County.
1-20           (b)  The heading to Section 24.106, Government Code, is
1-21     amended to read as follows:
1-22           Sec.  24.106.  6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([FANNIN,] LAMAR[,] AND
1-23     RED RIVER COUNTIES).
1-24           (c)  Subsection (a), Section 24.106, Government Code, is
1-25     amended to read as follows:
1-26           (a)  The 6th Judicial District is composed of [Fannin,]
1-27     Lamar[,] and Red River counties.
1-28           (d)  The heading to Section 24.482, Government Code, is
1-29     amended to read as follows:
1-30           Sec. 24.482.  336TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([FANNIN AND] GRAYSON
1-31     COUNTY [COUNTIES]).
1-32           (e)  Subsection (a), Section 24.482, Government Code, is
1-33     amended to read as follows:
1-34           (a)  The 336th Judicial District is composed of [Fannin and]
1-35     Grayson County [counties].
1-36           SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-37     amended by adding Section 24.557 to read as follows:
1-38           Sec. 24.557.  413TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JOHNSON AND SOMERVELL
1-39     COUNTIES).  The 413th Judicial District is composed of Johnson and
1-40     Somervell counties.
1-41           SECTION 4.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-42     amended by adding Section 24.558 to read as follows:
1-43           Sec. 24.558.  414TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NACOGDOCHES COUNTY).
1-44     The 414th Judicial District is composed of Nacogdoches County.
1-45           SECTION 5.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-46     amended by adding Section 24.559 to read as follows:
1-47           Sec. 24.559.  415TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY).
1-48     (a)  The 415th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
1-49           (b)  The 415th Judicial District shall give preference to
1-50     civil cases.
1-51           SECTION 6.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
1-52     amended by adding Section 24.560 to read as follows:
1-53           Sec. 24.560.  416TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MCLENNAN COUNTY).  The
1-54     416th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County.
1-55           SECTION 7.  (a)  The heading to Section 24.113, Government
1-56     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-57           Sec. 24.113.  12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES, [LEON,]
1-58     MADISON, AND WALKER COUNTIES).
1-59           (b)  Subsection (a), Section 24.113, Government Code, is
1-60     amended to read as follows:
1-61           (a)  The 12th Judicial District is composed of Grimes,
1-62     [Leon,] Madison, and Walker counties.
1-63           (c)  Section 24.455, Government Code, is amended to read as
1-64     follows:
 2-1           Sec. 24.455.  278TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES, [LEON,]
 2-2     MADISON, AND WALKER COUNTIES).  The 278th Judicial District is
 2-3     composed of Grimes, [Leon,] Madison, and Walker counties.
 2-4           (d)  Section 24.514, Government Code, is amended to read as
 2-5     follows:
 2-6           Sec. 24.514.  369TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANDERSON, [AND]
 2-7     CHEROKEE, AND LEON COUNTIES).  The 369th Judicial District is
 2-8     composed of Anderson, [and] Cherokee, and Leon counties.
 2-9           SECTION 8.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-10     The 397th, 412th, 413th, 414th, and 416th judicial districts are
2-11     created September 1, 2001, and the 415th Judicial District is
2-12     created September 1, 2002.
2-13           (b)  The local administrative district judge shall transfer
2-14     all cases from Fannin County that are pending in the 6th District
2-15     Court or the 336th District Court on the effective date of this Act
2-16     to the 412th District Court.
2-17           (c)  The local administrative judge shall transfer all cases
2-18     from Leon County that are pending in the 12th District Court or the
2-19     278th District Court on the effective date of this Act to the 369th
2-20     District Court.
2-21           (d)  When a case is transferred from one court to another as
2-22     provided by Subsection (b) or (c) of this section, all processes,
2-23     writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the
2-24     transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is
2-25     transferred, as if originally issued by that court.  The obligees
2-26     in all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which
2-27     a case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a
2-28     court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear
2-29     before the court to which a case is transferred as if originally
2-30     required to appear before the court to which the transfer is made.
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