H.B. No. 1729




AN ACT

relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 30.00536, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 30.00536.  COURT REPORTER.  [(a)]  The municipal judge 
shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.
	[(c)  Section 30.00010(d) does not apply to this 
subchapter.]
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1729 was passed by the House on April 
25, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1729 was passed by the Senate on May 
27, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor