78R9044 SLO-D

By:  King                                                         H.B. No. 2944



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the courts of appeals districts and membership of the 
courts of appeals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 22.201(b), (i), (l), 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.
	(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 Andrews, 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.
	(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.   Section 22.216(i), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(i)  The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Court of Appeals 
District consists of a chief justice and three [two] justices.
	SECTION 3.  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 September 1, 2003, in the appropriate court of 
appeals district.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.