| 1 | 1 | | 81R970 YDB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Martinez H.B. No. 1709 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the random assignment of criminal and civil cases in |
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| 8 | 8 | | district courts in Hidalgo County. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 24.034 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 24.034. ASSIGNMENT OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURTS IN |
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| 13 | 13 | | HIDALGO COUNTY. (a) All civil and criminal cases in the district |
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| 14 | 14 | | courts in Hidalgo County shall be assigned and docketed at random by |
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| 15 | 15 | | the district clerk using an automated system. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) In assigning a case to a district court, the district |
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| 17 | 17 | | clerk shall take into consideration any requirement in Subchapter B |
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| 18 | 18 | | that a district court in Hidalgo County give preference to specific |
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| 19 | 19 | | matters. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Sections 24.194(d), 24.195(d), 24.241(d), |
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| 21 | 21 | | 24.385(b), 24.452(b), 24.478(b), 24.515(b), 24.534(c), 24.543(c), |
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| 22 | 22 | | and 24.574(c), Government Code, are repealed. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 24 | 24 | | to a case assigned to a Hidalgo County district court on or after |
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| 25 | 25 | | the effective date of this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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