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AN ACT
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relating to the operation and jurisdiction of certain district |
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courts serving Webb County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.151(f), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) In Webb County, the clerk of the district courts shall |
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file all civil cases[, except tax suits,] on the Clerk's Civil File |
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Docket and shall number the cases consecutively. [All tax suits
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shall be assigned and docketed in the 49th District Court. All
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cases involving family violence, all cases under the Family Code,
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and all cases under the Health and Safety Code shall be assigned and
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docketed in the 406th District Court.] All [other] civil cases not |
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assigned and docketed in a district court based on the types of |
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cases the court gives preference to under applicable law shall be |
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assigned and docketed at random by the district clerk. The clerk |
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shall keep a separate file docket, known as the Clerk's Criminal |
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File Docket, for criminal cases [and a separate file docket, known
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as the Clerk's Tax Suit Docket, for tax suits]. The clerk shall |
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number the cases on the Clerk's [Tax Suit Docket consecutively with
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a separate series of numbers and shall number the cases on the
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Clerk's] Criminal File Docket consecutively with a separate series |
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of numbers. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.213, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) The terms of the 111th District Court begin on the first |
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Mondays in January, April [March, May], July, and October |
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[September, and November]. Each term continues until the court |
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disposes of its business. |
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(c) The [judge of the] 111th District Court has concurrent |
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jurisdiction with the other district courts in Webb County [may not
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impanel grand juries unless he considers it necessary]. |
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(e) A criminal complaint may be presented to the grand jury |
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of any district court in Webb County, and a resulting indictment may |
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be returned to any other district court in Webb County with the |
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appropriate criminal jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 3. Section 24.487(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The judge of the 341st District Court may select jury |
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commissioners and impanel grand juries in Webb County. The judge of |
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the 341st District Court may alternate the drawing of grand juries |
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with the judge of any other district court in the county. By order |
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entered on the minutes, for any term that the judge considers it |
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necessary, the judge may order grand and petit juries to be drawn. |
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[The 341st District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 49th
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District Court in all tax suits and cases.] |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1314 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1314 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |