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Tarrant County on track for new felony district court

By Shawn Matlock

So it appears the criminal courts of Tarrant County are about to grow my one.  Senate Bill 1553, which has passed the full Senate and now sits in House Committee, calls for the creation of five new district courts in Texas.  In addition to the Tarrant County court, it calls for the creation of a general district court for Denton County and a new criminal district court, juvenile district court, and civil district court in Bexar County.The Tarrant County court would be named the 432nd District Court.  It's creation of course raises some questions.The first is that the bill, as worded, goes into effect on September 1, 2009 if passed.  If that's the case, that means the governor would be in a position to appoint someone to the bench until the next election...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on May 23, 2009 (boomark / email).