79R8597 RJA-D

By:  Phillips                                                     H.B. No. 2175



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Fannin 
County and to the composition of the 6th and 336th Judicial 
Districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 24.106, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 24.106.  6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([FANNIN,] LAMAR[,] AND 
RED RIVER COUNTIES).
	SECTION 2.  Section 24.106(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The 6th Judicial District is composed of [Fannin,] 
Lamar[,] and Red River Counties [counties].
	SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 24.482, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 24.482.  336TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([FANNIN AND] GRAYSON 
COUNTY [COUNTIES]).
	SECTION 4.  Section 24.482(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The 336th Judicial District is composed of [Fannin and] 
Grayson County [counties].
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 24.576 to read as follows:
	Sec. 24.576.  432ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FANNIN COUNTY).  The 
432nd Judicial District is composed of Fannin County.
	SECTION 6.  (a)  The 432nd Judicial District is created on 
the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  The local administrative district judge shall transfer 
all cases from Fannin County that are pending in the 6th District 
Court or the 336th District Court on the effective date of this Act 
to the 432nd District Court.
	(c)  When a case is transferred from one court to another as 
provided by Subsection (b) of this section, all processes, writs, 
bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the 
transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is 
transferred, as if originally issued by that court.  The obligees in 
all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a 
case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a court 
from which a case is transferred, are required to appear before the 
court to which a case is transferred as if originally required to 
appear before the court to which the transfer is made.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2006.