Bill Text: TX HB1145 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a judicial district in Hidalgo County as the district court with preference for family law matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Calendars Committee [HB1145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1145-Introduced.html
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| By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 1145 | |
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| relating to the designation of a judicial district in Hidalgo | ||
| County as the district court with preference for family law | ||
| matters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 24.194, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Subsection (f) applies to the 92nd, 93rd, 139th, 206th, | ||
| 275th, 332nd, 370th, 389th, 398th, 430th, and 449th judicial | ||
| districts. | ||
| (f) The judges of the district courts listed in Subsection | ||
| (e) by agreement shall designate one of the listed district courts | ||
| to give preference to family law matters. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than October 2, 2017, the judges of the | ||
| district courts listed in Section 24.194(e), Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, shall by agreement designate a listed court as | ||
| the court to give preference to family law matters. If the judges | ||
| fail to designate a court to give preference to family law matters | ||
| on or before October 2, 2017, the local administrative judge for | ||
| Hidalgo County district courts shall designate a district court to | ||
| give preference to family law matters not later than October 6, | ||
| 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
