82R4312 JRH-F
By: Castro H.B. No. 2936
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of district courts in Bexar County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 24.139(b), (d), and (e), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) This section applies to the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd,
131st, 144th, 150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th,
226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, [and] 290th, 379th, 386th,
399th, 407th, 408th, 436th, 437th, and 438th district courts in
Bexar County.
(d) The 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th, 227th, 289th,
[and] 290th, 379th, 386th, 399th, 436th, and 437th district courts
shall give preference to criminal cases. The terms of those courts
begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Each term continues
until the court has disposed of the business for that term.
(e) The terms of the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 150th,
166th, 224th, 225th, 285th, [and] 288th, 407th, 408th, and 438th
district courts begin on the first Mondays in January and July.
SECTION 2. Section 24.531(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The 386th District Court shall give preference to
criminal [juvenile] matters.
SECTION 3. Section 24.580(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The 436th District Court shall give preference to
criminal [juvenile] matters.
SECTION 4. Sections 24.139(g) and (h), Government Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.