TITLE: Relating to the Bexar County district courts.

SUMMARY: Relating to the Bexar County district courts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the Bexar County district courts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 24.139(b) and (d), Government Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) This section applies to the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 144th, 150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th, 226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, [and] 290th,379th, 386th, 399th, 407th, 408th, 436th, 437th, and 438th district courts in Bexar County. (d) The 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th, 227th, [and] 290th,379th, 399th, and 437th district courts shall give preference to criminal cases. The terms of those courts begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Each term continues until the court has disposed of the business for that term. SECTION 2. Section 24.524, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 24.524. 379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a) The 379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. (b) The 379th District Court shall give preference to criminal matters. SECTION 3. Sections 24.139(g) and (h), Government Code, are repealed. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.