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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a judicial district in Hidalgo |
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County as the district court with preference for family law |
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matters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.194, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) Subsection (f) applies to the 92nd, 93rd, 139th, 206th, |
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275th, 332nd, 370th, 389th, 398th, 430th, and 449th judicial |
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districts. |
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(f) The judges of the district courts listed in Subsection |
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(e) by agreement shall designate one of the listed district courts |
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to give preference to family law matters. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than October 2, 2017, the judges of the |
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district courts listed in Section 24.194(e), Government Code, as |
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added by this Act, shall by agreement designate a listed court as |
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the court to give preference to family law matters. If the judges |
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fail to designate a court to give preference to family law matters |
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on or before October 2, 2017, the local administrative judge for |
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Hidalgo County district courts shall designate a district court to |
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give preference to family law matters not later than October 6, |
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2017. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |