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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 Criminal Judicial District of El |
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Paso County. |
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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. CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF EL PASO COUNTY. |
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(a) The Criminal Judicial District of El Paso County is composed |
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of El Paso County. |
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(b) The criminal district court shall give primary |
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preference to felony drug cases and associated civil cases |
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emanating from those felony drug cases. The criminal district |
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court shall give secondary preference to other criminal cases and |
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associated civil cases emanating from those criminal cases. |
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(c) The terms of the criminal district court begin on the |
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third Mondays in April and September and the first Mondays in |
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January, July, and November. |
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(d) The criminal district court shall have a seal similar to |
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the seal of a district court with "Criminal District Court of El |
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Paso County" engraved on the seal. |
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SECTION 2. The Criminal Judicial District of El Paso County |
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is created September 1, 2007. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |