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AN ACT
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relating to a case transferred from one district court to another |
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district court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.003, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Unless provided otherwise by the local rules of |
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administration, a district judge in the county may: |
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(1) except as provided by Subsection (b-1), transfer |
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any civil or criminal case or proceeding on the court's docket, |
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other than a case governed by Chapter 155, Family Code, to the |
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docket of another district court in the county; |
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(2) hear and determine any case or proceeding pending |
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in another district court in the county without having the case |
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transferred; |
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(3) sit for another district court in the county and |
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hear and determine any case or proceeding pending in that court; |
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(4) temporarily exchange benches with the judge of |
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another district court in the county; |
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(5) try different cases in the same court at the same |
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time; and |
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(6) occupy the judge's own courtroom or the courtroom |
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of another district court in the county. |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding the local rules of administration, a |
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district judge may not transfer any civil or criminal case or |
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proceeding to the docket of another district court without the |
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consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to the transfer of a case |
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or proceeding to the docket of another district court that occurs on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. The transfer of a case or |
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proceeding that occurs before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the case or proceeding is |
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transferred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1875 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, 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. 1875 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, 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 |