By: Gallego H.B. No. 3796
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of certain judicial districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 24.165, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 24.165. 63RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([EDWARDS,] KINNEY,
TERRELL, AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES). (a) The 63rd Judicial District
is composed of [Edwards,] Kinney, Terrell, and Val Verde counties.
(b) The terms of the 63rd District Court begin:
(1) [in Edwards County on the first Monday in May and
the third Monday in October;
[(2)] in Kinney County on the first Mondays in April
and October;
(2) [(3)] in Terrell County on the first Monday in
February and the third Monday in August; and
(3) [(4)] in Val Verde County on the first Mondays in
January and June.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 24.185, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.185. 83RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EDWARDS, PECOS,
TERRELL, AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES).
SECTION 3. Sections 24.185(a) and (e), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The 83rd Judicial District is composed of Edwards,
Pecos, Terrell, and Val Verde counties.
(e) In each of the counties of Edwards, Pecos, Terrell, and
Val Verde, a petition or other pleading filed in the district courts
is sufficient if addressed "To The District Court of Edwards
County, Texas,", "To The District Court of Pecos County, Texas,",
"To The District Court of Terrell County, Texas,", or "To The
District Court of Val Verde County, Texas," respectively, without
giving the number of the district court in the address.
SECTION 4. Section 43.141(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The voters of Brewster, Edwards, Jeff Davis, Pecos, and
Presidio counties elect a district attorney for the 83rd Judicial
District.
SECTION 5. (a) The local administrative district judge
shall transfer all cases from Edwards County that are pending in the
63rd District Court on the effective date of this Act to the 83rd
District Court.
(b) When a case is transferred as provided by Subsection (a)
of this section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or
other obligations issued from the 63rd District Court are
returnable to the 83rd District Court as if originally issued by
that court. The obligees on all bonds and recognizances taken in
and for the 63rd District Court and all witnesses summoned to appear
in the 63rd District Court are required to appear before the 83rd
District Court as if originally required to appear before that
court.
(c) On the effective date of this Act, a district court in
this state shall promptly enter any order for substitution of
counsel that is necessary to permit the appearance by the district
attorney for the 83rd Judicial District on behalf of this state for
any case pending before the district court that has been
transferred as provided by this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.