By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1575
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the random assignment of criminal and civil cases in
district courts in Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 24.034 to read as follows:
Sec. 24.034. ASSIGNMENT OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURTS IN
HIDALGO COUNTY. (a) All civil and criminal cases in the district
courts in Hidalgo County shall be assigned and docketed at random by
the district clerk using an automated system.
(b) In assigning a case to a district court, the district
clerk shall take into consideration any requirement in Subchapter B
that a district court in Hidalgo County give preference to specific
matters.
SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Government Code
are repealed:
(1) Subsection (d), Section 24.194;
(2) Subsection (d), Section 24.195;
(3) Subsection (d), Section 24.241;
(4) Subsection (b), Section 24.385;
(5) Subsection (b), Section 24.452;
(6) Subsection (b), Section 24.478;
(7) Subsection (b), Section 24.515;
(8) Subsection (c), Section 24.534;
(9) Subsection (c), Section 24.543; and
(10) Subsection (c), Section 24.574.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a case assigned to a Hidalgo County district court on or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.