Bill Text: TX SB2028 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Brazoria County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB2028 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2028-Introduced.html
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| By: Middleton | S.B. No. 2028 | |
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| relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed | ||
| of Brazoria County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 24.60035 and 24.60036 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 24.60035. 490TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). | ||
| The 490th Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County. | ||
| Sec. 24.60036. 491ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). | ||
| The 491st Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County. | ||
| SECTION 2. The 490th and 491st Judicial Districts are | ||
| created the earliest of: | ||
| (1) the effective date of this Act, if the | ||
| commissioner's court of Brazoria County submits on or before that | ||
| date a resolution to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas | ||
| Judicial System stating that the Brazoria County Courthouse has | ||
| sufficient office space to house both the 490th and 491st Judicial | ||
| Districts; | ||
| (2) the date the commissioner's court of Brazoria | ||
| County submits a resolution to the Office of Court Administration | ||
| of the Texas Judicial System stating that the Brazoria County | ||
| Courthouse has sufficient office space to house both the 490th and | ||
| 491st judicial districts, if the commissioner's court submits the | ||
| resolution after the effective date of this Act; or | ||
| (3) October 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
