By: Thierry (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 3481
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the terms of district courts in Harris County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 24.012, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (a-1)
and (a-2), notwithstanding any other law, each district court holds
in each county in the judicial district terms that commence on the
first Mondays in January and July of each year. To the extent of a
conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating
to a particular judicial district, this section controls.
(a-2) In Harris County each district court holds terms that
commence on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and
November of each year.
SECTION 2. Section 24.602, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 24.602. TERMS. Except as provided by Section 24.012,
the [The] terms of a family district court begin on the first Monday
in January and the first Monday in July.
SECTION 3. Sections 24.112(c), 24.267(d), 24.269(b),
24.270(b), 24.271(b), 24.272(b), 24.273(c), 24.362(c), 24.363(c),
24.364(c), 24.365(c), 24.387(c), 24.388(c), 24.406(c), 24.407(c),
24.409(c), 24.425(c), 24.439(c), 24.440(c), 24.483(c), 24.484(c),
24.485(c), and 24.497(c), Government Code, are repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.
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