TO: | Honorable Will Hartnett, Chair, House Committee on Judicial Affairs |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB988 by Brown, Fred (Relating to the composition of the First and Fourteenth courts of appeals districts.), As Introduced |
The bill would remove Brazos County from the 1st and 14th Court of Appeals Districts, leaving Brazos County to be served by the 10th Court of Appeals District. The bill would not change the appellate jurisdiction of cases filed before the effective date of the bill. Costs to the 1st and 14th Court of Appeals Districts in transferring some cases filed after the effective date of the bill are not anticipated to be significant.
The bill would go into effect September 1, 2003.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office Of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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LBB Staff: | JK, GO, VDS, TB, KG
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