Bill Text: TX SB1893 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the administrative judicial regions in this state.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - See remarks for effective date [SB1893 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1893-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1893 |
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relating to the administrative judicial regions in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 71, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 71.038 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 71.038. REGIONAL INFORMATION. The council shall | ||
collect judicial statistics and other pertinent information from | ||
the presiding judges of each administrative judicial region in this | ||
state regarding the amount and character of any business transacted | ||
by the presiding judges. As a duty of office, the presiding judges | ||
shall report monthly any information required by the council under | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 2017, Section 74.042, | ||
Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), | ||
and (d) and adding Subsections (k) and (l) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The state is divided into 11 [ |
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judicial regions. | ||
(b) The First Administrative Judicial Region is composed of | ||
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Dallas, [ |
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(c) The Second Administrative Judicial Region is composed | ||
of the counties of Angelina, Bastrop, [ |
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Chambers, [ |
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Madison, [ |
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Walker, Waller, and Washington[ |
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(d) The Third Administrative Judicial Region is composed of | ||
the counties of Austin, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Caldwell, | ||
Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Gonzales, | ||
Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas, Lavaca, Llano, | ||
McLennan, Milam, Navarro, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, and | ||
Williamson. | ||
(k) The Tenth Administrative Judicial Region is composed of | ||
the counties of Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, | ||
Franklin, Freestone, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, | ||
Hunt, Lamar, Leon, Limestone, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, | ||
Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, | ||
Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood. | ||
(l) The Eleventh Administrative Judicial Region is composed | ||
of the counties of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, | ||
Matagorda, and Wharton. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 74.254(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The judicial committee for additional resources is | ||
composed of: | ||
(1) the chief justice of the supreme court; and | ||
(2) the [ |
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judicial regions. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) The Tenth and Eleventh Administrative | ||
Judicial Regions are created on September 1, 2017. | ||
(b) On September 1, 2017, the governor, with the advice and | ||
consent of the senate, shall appoint judges to serve as presiding | ||
judges in the Tenth and Eleventh Administrative Judicial Regions | ||
and any administrative judicial region in which a vacancy in office | ||
occurs because the presiding judge of a judicial region is no longer | ||
qualified to serve as the presiding judge of the region because of | ||
the composition of the region on that date. | ||
(c) On September 1, 2017, the county in which a presiding | ||
judge appointed under Subsection (b) of this section resides shall | ||
provide adequate quarters for the operation of the applicable | ||
administrative judicial region. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2017, the regional presiding | ||
judges of the First through Ninth Administrative Judicial Regions: | ||
(1) shall develop and adopt by majority vote budgets | ||
for the Tenth and Eleventh Administrative Judicial Regions that | ||
include an assessment for each county included in the area that will | ||
comprise the new regions; and | ||
(2) may by majority vote transfer money, as necessary, | ||
from the existing judicial regions to the Tenth and Eleventh | ||
Administrative Judicial Regions. | ||
(e) A judge or associate judge or coordinator assigned or | ||
appointed to a court in a county included in the First, Second, | ||
Third, Tenth, or Eleventh Administrative Judicial Region on | ||
September 1, 2017, continues to serve in that position until | ||
removed by the regional presiding judge. | ||
SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this | ||
Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of | ||
all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, | ||
Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the | ||
vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the | ||
91st day after the last day of the legislative session. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1893 passed the Senate on | ||
May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that the | ||
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1893 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, | ||
Nays 1, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |