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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the El Paso County Criminal Judicial |
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District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 24, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 24.908 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.908. EL PASO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. |
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1. (a) The El Paso County Criminal Judicial District No. 1 is |
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composed of El Paso County. |
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(b) The El Paso County Criminal District Court No. 1 shall |
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give primary preference to felony drug cases and associated civil |
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cases emanating from those felony drug cases. The criminal |
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district court shall give secondary preference to other criminal |
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cases and associated civil cases emanating from those criminal |
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cases. |
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(c) The terms of the El Paso County Criminal District Court |
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No. 1 begin on the third Mondays in April and September and the |
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first Mondays in January, July, and November. |
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(d) The El Paso County Criminal District Court No. 1 shall |
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have a seal similar to the seal of a district court with "El Paso |
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County Criminal District Court No. 1" engraved on the seal. |
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SECTION 2. The El Paso County Criminal Judicial District |
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No. 1 is created September 1, 2007. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |