Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB565 by Wentworth (Relating to the locations where the district courts and the courts of appeals may hear cases, hold court, and transact business. ), Committee Report 1st House, As Amended
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code by authorizing the chief justice of the supreme court of Texas, in the event of an emergency, to by order allow a district court and 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 district court and statutory county court are located or at the county seat of a county located in an adjacent administrative judicial region.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.