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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of district courts in Bexar County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 24.139(b), (d), and (e), Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies to the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, |
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131st, 144th, 150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th, |
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226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, [and] 290th, 379th, 386th, |
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399th, 407th, 408th, 436th, 437th, and 438th district courts in |
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Bexar County. |
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(d) The 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th, 227th, 289th, |
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[and] 290th, 379th, 386th, 399th, 436th, and 437th district courts |
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shall give preference to criminal cases. The terms of those courts |
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begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Each term continues |
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until the court has disposed of the business for that term. |
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(e) The terms of the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 150th, |
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166th, 224th, 225th, 285th, [and] 288th, 407th, 408th, and 438th |
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district courts begin on the first Mondays in January and July. |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.531(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The 386th District Court shall give preference to |
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criminal [juvenile] matters. |
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SECTION 3. Section 24.580(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The 436th District Court shall give preference to |
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criminal [juvenile] matters. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 24.139(g) and (h), Government Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |