By: Castro (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2936
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.)
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. Section 24.139, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b), (d), and (e) and adding Subsection (e-1)
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, 399th, 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.
(e-1) The 386th and 436th district courts shall give
preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code. The
terms of those courts begin on the first Mondays in July and
January. Each term continues until the court has disposed of the
business for that term.
SECTION 2. Section 24.466(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The 289th District Court shall give primary preference
to juvenile matters [cases and proceedings] under Title [2,] 3, [or
5,] Family Code, and secondary preference to criminal cases.
SECTION 3. Section 24.531(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The 386th District Court shall give preference to
juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code.
SECTION 4. Section 24.580(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The 436th District Court shall give preference to
juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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