Bill Text: TX HB1437 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Montgomery County and the duties of the district attorney for the 9th Judicial District in Montgomery County and the 410th Judicial District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1437 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1437-Introduced.html

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86R6464 SRS-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 1437

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an additional judicial district
composed of Montgomery County and the duties of the district
attorney for the 9th Judicial District in Montgomery County and the
410th Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 24.6001 to read as follows:
Sec. 24.6001. 457TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY).
The 457th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.
SECTION 2. Section 43.105(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The voters of Montgomery County elect a district
attorney for the 9th Judicial District who represents the state in
that district court only in that county. The district attorney also
acts as district attorney for the 410th and 457th Judicial
Districts [District in Montgomery County].
SECTION 3. The 457th Judicial District is created on the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.