| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3481 |
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| 1 | + | By: Thierry (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 3481 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
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| 3 | + | May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | + | Affairs; May 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the terms of district courts in Harris County. |
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| 6 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 24.012, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 8 | 14 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as |
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| 9 | 15 | | follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (a-1) |
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| 11 | 17 | | and (a-2), notwithstanding any other law, each district court holds |
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| 12 | 18 | | in each county in the judicial district terms that commence on the |
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| 13 | 19 | | first Mondays in January and July of each year. To the extent of a |
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| 14 | 20 | | conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating |
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| 15 | 21 | | to a particular judicial district, this section controls. |
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| 16 | 22 | | (a-2) In Harris County each district court holds terms that |
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| 17 | 23 | | commence on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and |
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| 18 | 24 | | November of each year. |
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| 19 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 24.602, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 20 | 26 | | read as follows: |
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| 21 | 27 | | Sec. 24.602. TERMS. Except as provided by Section 24.012, |
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| 22 | 28 | | the [The] terms of a family district court begin on the first Monday |
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| 23 | 29 | | in January and the first Monday in July. |
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| 24 | 30 | | SECTION 3. Sections 24.112(c), 24.267(d), 24.269(b), |
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| 25 | 31 | | 24.270(b), 24.271(b), 24.272(b), 24.273(c), 24.362(c), 24.363(c), |
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| 26 | 32 | | 24.364(c), 24.365(c), 24.387(c), 24.388(c), 24.406(c), 24.407(c), |
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| 27 | 33 | | 24.409(c), 24.425(c), 24.439(c), 24.440(c), 24.483(c), 24.484(c), |
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| 28 | 34 | | 24.485(c), and 24.497(c), Government Code, are repealed. |
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| 29 | | - | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3481 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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| 33 | | - | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 34 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 35 | | - | No. 3481 on May 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, |
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| 36 | | - | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3481 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 40 | | - | amendments, on May 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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| 41 | | - | 0. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Date |
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| 46 | | - | __________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Governor |
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| 35 | + | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |
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| 36 | + | * * * * * |
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