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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of district courts in Bexar County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.139, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b), (d), and (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies to the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, |
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131st, 144th, 150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th, |
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226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, [and] 290th, 379th, 386th, |
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399th, 407th, 408th, 436th, 437th, and 438th district courts in |
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Bexar County. |
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(d) The 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th, 227th, 289th, |
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[and] 290th, 379th, 399th, and 437th district courts shall give |
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preference to criminal cases. The terms of those courts begin on |
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the first Mondays in January and July. Each term continues until |
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the court has disposed of the business for that term. |
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(e) The terms of the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 150th, |
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166th, 224th, 225th, 285th, [and] 288th, 407th, 408th, and 438th |
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district courts begin on the first Mondays in January and July. |
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(e-1) The 386th and 436th district courts shall give |
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preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code. The |
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terms of those courts begin on the first Mondays in July and |
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January. Each term continues until the court has disposed of the |
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business for that term. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.466(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The 289th District Court shall give primary preference |
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to juvenile matters [cases and proceedings] under Title [2,] 3, [or
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5,] Family Code, and secondary preference to criminal cases. |
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SECTION 3. Section 24.531(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The 386th District Court shall give preference to |
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juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code. |
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SECTION 4. Section 24.580(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The 436th District Court shall give preference to |
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juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code. |
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SECTION 5. This 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. 2936 was passed by the House on April |
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26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 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. 2936 was passed by the Senate on May |
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13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |