SRC-JLB S.B. 1915 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1915
By: Armbrister
Jurisprudence
5/5/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the 9th District Court begins its term in Montgomery County on
the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July and its work in
Waller County on the 10th Monday after the first Monday in January and the
12th Monday after the first Monday in July.  As proposed, S.B. 1915 allows
the 9th District Court to begin work in both Montgomery and Waller
counties on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 24.109(c), Government Code, to provide that the
terms of the 9th District Court begin in Montgomery County on the first
Monday in January and the first Monday in July and in Waller County on the
first Monday in January and the first Monday in July. Deletes text
providing that the court's terms in Waller County begin on the 10th Monday
after the first Monday in January and the 12th Monday after the first
Monday in July. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.