Amend CSSB 1951 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION __. (a) Section 24.109, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.109. 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY [AND
WALLER COUNTIES]). (a) The 9th Judicial District is composed of
Montgomery County [and Waller counties].
(b) [The 9th and 155th district courts have concurrent
jurisdiction in Waller County.
[(c)] The terms of the 9th District Court begin[:
[(1) in Montgomery County] on the first Monday in
January and the first Monday in July[; and
[(2) in Waller County on the first Monday in January
and the first Monday in July].
(b) Section 24.254(d), Government Code, is repealed.
(c) Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 24.5995 to read as follows:
Sec. 24.5995. 506TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES AND WALLER
COUNTIES). The 506th Judicial District is composed of Grimes and
Waller Counties.
(d) The local administrative district judge shall transfer
all cases from Waller County that are pending in the 9th District
Court on the effective date of this section to the 506th District
Court. When a case is transferred as provided by this subsection,
all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations
issued from the 9th District Court are returnable to the 506th
District Court as if originally issued by that court. The obligees
on all bonds and recognizances taken in and for the 9th District
Court and all witnesses summoned to appear in the 9th District Court
are required to appear before the 506th District Court as if
originally required to appear before that court.
(e) The 506th Judicial District is created on the effective
date of this section.