83R3185 CAE-D
 
  By: Otto H.B. No. 1528
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the First, Tenth, and Fourteenth
  Courts of Appeals Districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 22.201(b), (k), and (o), Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the
  counties of Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend,
  Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Walker, Waller, and Washington.
         (k)  The Tenth Court of Appeals District is composed of the
  counties of Bosque, Burleson, Brazos, Coryell, Ellis, Falls,
  Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon, Limestone, Madison,
  McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, and Somervell[, and Walker].
         (o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of
  the counties of Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend,
  Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Walker, Waller, and Washington.
         SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect the jurisdiction on
  appeal of any case from a county that is transferred by this Act to a
  different court of appeals district if the transcripts for the case
  were filed before September 1, 2013, in the appropriate court of
  appeals district.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.