| 1 | 1 | | By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 162 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed |
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| 7 | 7 | | of Harris County; making an appropriation. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Sections 24.60031, 24.60032, and 24.60033 to read |
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| 11 | 11 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 24.60031. 486TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The 486th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) The 486th District Court shall give preference to |
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| 15 | 15 | | criminal cases. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 24.60032. 487TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) The 487th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The 487th District Court shall give preference to |
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| 19 | 19 | | criminal cases. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 24.60033. 488TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) The 488th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The 488th District Court shall give preference to |
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| 23 | 23 | | criminal cases. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The amount of $595,716 is appropriated from the |
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| 25 | 25 | | general revenue fund to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Judiciary Section for the state fiscal biennium beginning September |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1, 2021, for the purpose of providing funding for the judicial |
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| 28 | 28 | | salaries and other necessary expenses for the 486th, 487th, and |
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| 29 | 29 | | 488th Judicial Districts. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. The 486th, 487th, and 488th Judicial Districts |
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| 31 | 31 | | are created on the effective date of this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022, if this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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| 34 | 34 | | house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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| 35 | 35 | | If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that |
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| 36 | 36 | | date, this Act takes effect February 1, 2022. |
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