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| 1 | 1 | 84R2228 SRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Watson S.B. No. 443 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a study and recommendations by the Texas Judicial | |
| 8 | 8 | Council on consolidating the court of criminal appeals and the | |
| 9 | 9 | supreme court or abolishing one of the courts and transferring that | |
| 10 | 10 | court's functions and jurisdiction to the other court. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS. The Texas Judicial | |
| 13 | 13 | Council shall: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) conduct a study and make recommendations regarding | |
| 15 | 15 | whether it is advisable for the court of criminal appeals and the | |
| 16 | 16 | supreme court to be consolidated or for one court to be abolished | |
| 17 | 17 | and its functions and jurisdiction transferred to the other court; | |
| 18 | 18 | and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) if the Texas Judicial Council recommends | |
| 20 | 20 | consolidating the courts or abolishing a court under Subdivision | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) of this section, develop and propose a transition plan to | |
| 22 | 22 | implement that recommendation. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2016, the | |
| 24 | 24 | Texas Judicial Council shall report the council's findings and | |
| 25 | 25 | recommendations required by this Act to the governor and the | |
| 26 | 26 | members of the legislature. The report must include the Texas | |
| 27 | 27 | Judicial Council's proposed transition plan, if applicable, | |
| 28 | 28 | required by Section 1(2) of this Act. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | |
| 30 | 30 | 1, 2015. |