Bill Text: TX HB162 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Harris County; making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-11 - Filed [HB162 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB162-Introduced.html
| By: A. Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 162 | |
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| relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed | ||
| of Harris County; making an appropriation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 24.60031, 24.60032, and 24.60033 to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 24.60031. 486TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). | ||
| (a) The 486th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. | ||
| (b) The 486th District Court shall give preference to | ||
| criminal cases. | ||
| Sec. 24.60032. 487TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). | ||
| (a) The 487th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. | ||
| (b) The 487th District Court shall give preference to | ||
| criminal cases. | ||
| Sec. 24.60033. 488TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). | ||
| (a) The 488th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. | ||
| (b) The 488th District Court shall give preference to | ||
| criminal cases. | ||
| SECTION 2. The amount of $595,716 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, | ||
| Judiciary Section for the state fiscal biennium beginning September | ||
| 1, 2021, for the purpose of providing funding for the judicial | ||
| salaries and other necessary expenses for the 486th, 487th, and | ||
| 488th Judicial Districts. | ||
| SECTION 3. The 486th, 487th, and 488th Judicial Districts | ||
| are created on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022, if this | ||
| Act 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 effect on that | ||
| date, this Act takes effect February 1, 2022. | ||
