Bill Text: TX HB3378 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to an annual term for the 47th District Court.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3378 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3378-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3378

AN ACT
relating to an annual term for the 47th District Court.
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-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), notwithstanding
[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-1) The term of the 47th District Court in Armstrong
County begins on the first Monday in January.
SECTION 2. Section 24.149(c), Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3378 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3378 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor