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By: Thierry (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) |
H.B. No. 3481 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
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May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the terms of district courts in Harris County. |
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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-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (a-1) |
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and (a-2), notwithstanding any other law, each district court holds |
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in each county in the judicial district terms that commence on the |
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first 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-2) In Harris County each district court holds terms that |
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commence on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and |
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November of each year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.602, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.602. TERMS. Except as provided by Section 24.012, |
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the [The] terms of a family district court begin on the first Monday |
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in January and the first Monday in July. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 24.112(c), 24.267(d), 24.269(b), |
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24.270(b), 24.271(b), 24.272(b), 24.273(c), 24.362(c), 24.363(c), |
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24.364(c), 24.365(c), 24.387(c), 24.388(c), 24.406(c), 24.407(c), |
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24.409(c), 24.425(c), 24.439(c), 24.440(c), 24.483(c), 24.484(c), |
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24.485(c), and 24.497(c), Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |
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