81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 2217, Chapter 572 Page: 3 of 4
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S.B. No. 2217
1 family violence involving both parties; or
2 (B) a protective order has been issued under
3 Title 4, Family Code, involving both parties.
4 (k) The designated domestic violence district court shall:
5 (1) provide timely and efficient access to emergency
6 protective orders and other court remedies for persons the court
7 determines are victims of domestic violence;
8 (2) integrate victims' services for persons the court
9 determines are victims of domestic violence who have a case before
10 the court; and
11 (3) promote an informed and consistent court response
12 to domestic violence cases to lessen the number of misdemeanors,
13 felonies, and fatalities related to domestic violence in Harris
14 County.
15 (1) The Harris County district clerk shall create a form and
16 establish procedures to transfer a domestic violence case that
17 qualifies for preference under this section to the domestic
18 violence district court.
19 SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2009, the judges of the
20 district courts listed in Subsection (g), Section 24.112,
21 Government Code, as added by this Act, shall by agreement designate
22 a listed court as the domestic violence district court for Harris
23 County. If the judges fail to designate a domestic violence
24 district court on or before October i, 2009, the local
25 administrative judge for the Harris County district courts shall
26 designate a domestic violence court not later than October 5, 2009.
27 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.3
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 2217, Chapter 572, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149524/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.