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Amend HB 692 (house committee printing) by adding an
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering existing
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 74.093, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In adopting local rules of administration relating to
the assignment or transfer of state jail felony cases or
proceedings among district and statutory county courts that have
concurrent jurisdiction of those cases and proceedings as provided
by Section 25.0003 or by Article 4.07, Code of Criminal Procedure,
the judges of those courts shall collectively solicit at the
beginning of each fiscal year the advice of district attorneys,
county attorneys, defense attorneys, and county commissioners
regarding the allocation of state jail felony cases or proceedings
among the district and statutory county courts during that year.
The district and statutory county court judges may not solicit
advice relating to the assignment or transfer of specific state
jail felony cases or proceedings among those courts.