Amend CSHB 3 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION of
the bill to read as follows and renumbering the existing SECTIONs of
the bill accordingly:
Section ___. Subsection (a), Section 23.101, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The trial courts of this state shall regularly and
frequently set hearings and trials of pending matters, giving
preference to hearings and trials of the following:
(1) temporary injunctions;
(2) criminal actions, with the following actions given
preference over other criminal actions:
(A) criminal actions against defendants who are
detained in jail pending trial;
(B) criminal actions involving a charge that a
person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section
71.004, Family Code; and
(C) an offense under:
(i) Section 21.11, Penal Code;
(ii) Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim
of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age;
(iii) Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the
victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; or
(iv) Section 25.06, Penal Code;
(3) election contests and suits under the Election
Code;
(4) orders for the protection of the family under
Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code;
(5) appeals of final rulings and decisions of the
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission and claims under the Federal
Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act; [and]
(6) appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the
General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code;
and
(7) appeals of appraisal review board orders brought
under Section 42.01, 42.02, or 42.015, Tax Code.