S.B. No. 355

	AN ACT
	relating to the duty of the judge of the 147th District Court to
	impanel grand juries and to the terms of court for certain district
	courts in Travis County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 24.155, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The judges of the district courts [other than the 147th
	District Court] in Travis County do not have a duty to impanel grand
	juries but may impanel grand juries when they consider it
	necessary.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 24.248, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The terms of the 147th District Court begin on the first
	Mondays in January and[, April,] July[, and October].
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 24.264, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The terms of the 167th District Court begin on the first
	Mondays in January [March] and July [September].
	SECTION 4.  Subsection (c), Section 24.248, Government Code,
	is repealed.
	SECTION 5.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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	President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 355 passed the Senate on
	March 14, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 355 passed the House on
	May 2, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present
	not voting.
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	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
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	Date
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	Governor