79R2733 KLA-D

By:  Fraser                                                       S.B. No. 353



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of an additional judicial district and the 
jurisdiction of the existing district courts in Bell County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 24.570 to read as follows:
	Sec. 24.570.  426TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY).  (a)  
The 426th Judicial District is composed of Bell County.
	(b)  The terms of the 426th District Court begin on the first 
Mondays in January, April, July, and October.
	(c)  Section 24.129, relating to the 27th District Court, 
contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 426th 
District Court.
	SECTION 2.  Section 24.129(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The 27th, 146th, [and] 169th, 264th, and 426th judicial 
districts have concurrent jurisdiction in Bell County.
	SECTION 3.  The 426th Judicial District is created on the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.