84R3419 YDB-F
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 1718
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection of the local administrative judge for
Coryell County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 74.0971 to read as follows:
Sec. 74.0971. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR
CORYELL COUNTY. Notwithstanding Section 74.091(b), the local
administrative district judge for Coryell County is selected on the
basis of seniority from the district judges of the 52nd Judicial
District and the 440th Judicial District.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015, but only
if the bill relating to the creation of an additional district court
composed of Coryell County is enacted by the 84th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2015, and becomes law. If the bill does not become
law, this Act has no effect.