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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to an annual term for the 47th District Court. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 24.012, Government Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), notwithstanding | 
      
        |  | [ Notwithstanding] any other law, each district court holds in each | 
      
        |  | county in the judicial district terms that commence on the first | 
      
        |  | Mondays in January and July of each year.  To the extent of a | 
      
        |  | conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating | 
      
        |  | to a particular judicial district, this section controls. | 
      
        |  | (a-1)  The term of the 47th District Court in Armstrong | 
      
        |  | County begins on the first Monday in January. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Section 24.149(c), Government Code, is repealed. | 
      
        |  | 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. 3378 was passed by the House on April | 
      
        |  | 25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 3378 was passed by the Senate on May | 
      
        |  | 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
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        |  | Governor |