78R10765 YDB-D


By:  West                                                         H.B. No. 2261

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2261:                                   

By:  Krusee                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 2261



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition of the Eighth and Eleventh courts of 
appeals districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 22.201(i) and (l), Government Code, are                   

amended to read as follows:                                                   
	(i)  The Eighth Court of Appeals District is composed of the 
counties of Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, 
[Ector,] El Paso, [Gaines, Glasscock,] Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, 
Loving, [Martin, Midland,] Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, 
Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler.
	(l)  The Eleventh Court of Appeals District is composed of 
the counties of Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, 
Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Erath, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock,
Haskell, Howard, Jones, Knox, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, 
Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and 
Throckmorton.
	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.