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79R7893 YDB-D


By:  Crabb                                                        H.B. No. 1077



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition of certain courts of appeals districts 
and to the assignment and transfer of cases in certain courts of 
appeals districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 22.201(b), (f), (j), (k), (m), 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, [Burleson,] Chambers, Colorado, Fort 
Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, [Trinity, Walker,] Waller, and 
Washington.
	(f)  The Fifth Court of Appeals District is composed of the 
counties of Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall[, 
and Van Zandt].
	(j)  The Ninth Court of Appeals District is composed of the 
counties of [Angelina,] Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, 
Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler.
	(k)  The Tenth Court of Appeals District is composed of the 
counties of Bosque, Burleson, Brazos, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, 
Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon, Limestone, Madison, 
McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, [and] Somervell, and Walker.
	(m)  The Twelfth Court of Appeals District is composed of the 
counties of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, 
[Hopkins,] Houston, [Kaufman,] Nacogdoches, [Panola,] Rains, Rusk, 
Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, 
and Wood.
	(o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of 
the counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Burleson,] Chambers, Colorado, 
Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, [Trinity, Walker,] Waller, 
and Washington.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 22.207(c) and 22.213(d), Government 
Code, are repealed. 
	SECTION 3.  (a) Burleson, Trinity, and Walker Counties:                        
		(1)  may not impose a fee under Section 22.2021(b), 
Government Code, for cases filed on or after the effective date of 
this Act; and
		(2)  as soon as practicable after the effective date of 
this Act, shall transfer the money collected under that section to 
the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals.
	(b)  Van Zandt County:                                                         
		(1)  may not impose a fee under Section 22.2061(b), 
Government Code, for cases filed on or after the effective date of 
this Act; and
		(2)  as soon as practicable after the effective date of 
this Act, shall transfer the money collected under that section to 
the Fifth Court of Appeals.
	(c)  Burleson, Trinity, and Walker Counties shall reimburse 
Harris County, as required under Section 22.202(c), Government 
Code, for the costs incurred by Harris County from March 1, 2005, 
until the effective date of this Act to support the First and 
Fourteenth Courts of Appeals Districts.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2005, in the appropriate court of 
appeals district.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.