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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual term for the 47th District Court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.012, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), notwithstanding |
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[Notwithstanding] any other law, each district court holds in each |
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county in the judicial district terms that commence on the first |
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Mondays in January and July of each year. To the extent of a |
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conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating |
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to a particular judicial district, this section controls. |
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(a-1) The term of the 47th District Court in Armstrong |
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County begins on the first Monday in January. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.149(c), Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |