AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
H.B. 1875 amends current law relating to a case transferred from one district court to another district court.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 24.003, Government Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1), as follows:
(b) Authorizes a district judge in the county, unless provided otherwise by the local rules of administration, to, in addition to other actions, transfer any civil or criminal case or proceeding on the court's docket, other than a case governed by Chapter 155 (Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction; Transfer), Family Code, to the docket of another district court in the county, except as provided by Subsection (b-1).
(b-1) Prohibits a district judge, notwithstanding the local rules of administration, from transferring any civil or criminal case or proceeding to the docket of another district court without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred.
SECTION 2. Provides that this Act applies only to the transfer of a case or proceeding to the docket of another district court that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. Provides that the transfer of a case or proceeding that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the case or proceeding is transferred, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2013.