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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Bexar County district courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 24.139(b) and (d), Government Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies to the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, |
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131st, 144th, 150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th, |
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226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, [and] 290th, 379th, 386th, |
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399th, 407th, 408th, 436th, 437th, and 438th district courts in |
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Bexar County. |
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(d) The 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th, 227th, [and] |
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290th, 379th, 399th, and 437th district courts shall give |
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preference to criminal cases. The terms of those courts begin on |
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the first Mondays in January and July. Each term continues until |
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the court has disposed of the business for that term. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.524, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.524. 379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a) |
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The 379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. |
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(b) The 379th District Court shall give preference to |
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criminal matters. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 24.139(g) and (h), Government Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |