By:  Brown of Brazos (Senate Sponsor - Ogden)                     H.B. No. 988
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2003; 
April 3, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; April 22, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 22, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the composition of the First and Fourteenth courts of 
appeals districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 22.201(b) and (o), Government Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the 
counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Brazos,] Burleson, Chambers, 
Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Trinity, Walker, 
Waller, and Washington.
	(o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of 
the counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Brazos,] Burleson, Chambers, 
Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Trinity, Walker, 
Waller, and Washington.
	SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect the jurisdiction on 
appeal of any case from a county that is transferred by this Act to a 
different court of appeals district if the transcripts for the case 
were filed before the effective date of this Act in the appropriate 
court of appeals district.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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