By:  Merritt (Senate Sponsor - Ratliff)                           H.B. No. 1729
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2003; 
May 1, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2003, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 16, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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