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Local Access to Courts Act or LACA This bill adds College Station to the list of places where court must be held in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. Additionally, the bill adds El Centro to the list of places where court must be held in the Southern District of California.
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2025-01-22
Introduced in House
2025-01-22
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-22
Introduced in House
Full Bill Text
119 HR 625 IH: Local Access to Courts Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 625 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2025 Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Ruiz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Access to Courts Act or LACA . 2. Organization of Texas district courts Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (3), by inserting and College Station before the period at the end. 3. Organization of California district courts Section 84(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting and El Centro after at San Diego .
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