Amend SB 565 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered sections to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 21.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.010.  EMERGENCY DEFINED.  For purposes of any law 
that permits the chief justice of the supreme court, in the event of 
an emergency, to allow a court to hear cases, hold court, or 
transact business in a location other than a county seat where the 
court ordinarily is authorized to transact business, "emergency" 
means a condition or occurrence, including a natural disaster or 
enemy attack, that results in destruction of the court's facilities 
or that otherwise renders the facilities not physically suitable 
for transacting the court's normal business.
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 25.0013 to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.0013.  LOCATION OF EMERGENCY COURT PROCEEDINGS.  The 
chief justice of the supreme court may, in the event of an 
emergency, by order allow a statutory county court to hear cases, 
hold court, and transact business at the county seat of another 
county located in the administrative judicial region in which the 
statutory county court is located or at the county seat of a county 
located in an adjacent administrative judicial region.  This 
section prevails over any provision of this chapter that requires a 
case to be heard in a specific county or city.
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 25.0028 to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.0028.  LOCATION OF EMERGENCY COURT PROCEEDINGS.  The 
chief justice of the supreme court may, in the event of an 
emergency, by order allow a statutory probate court to hear cases, 
hold court, and transact business at the county seat of another 
county located in the administrative judicial region in which the 
statutory probate court is located or at the county seat of a county 
located in an adjacent administrative judicial region.  This 
section prevails over any provision of this chapter that requires a 
case to be heard in a specific county or city.