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Proposed Legislation - HB 2473

Posted 3/10/09 Brandy M. Wingate,

On March 4, 2009, Representative Kolkhorst (R-Huntsville) proposed HB 2473, which proposes to remove Walker County from the jurisdiction of the Waco Court of Appeals and place jurisdiction with the Houston First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals. The text of the bill is available at www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02473I.pdf (last visited Mar. 5, 2009).