81R2130 PEP-D By: Madden H.B. No. 1048 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the number of counties or municipalities necessary to establish a regional drug court program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 469.0025(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The commissioners courts of two [three] or more counties, or the governing bodies of two [three] or more municipalities, may elect to establish a regional drug court program under this chapter for the participating counties or municipalities. SECTION 2. 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, 2009.