Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1682	House Author:  Cook
Effective:  9-1-09	Senate Sponsor:  Averitt

            House Bill 1682 amends the Government Code to create the County Court at Law of Navarro County effective January 1, 2011, or on an earlier date determined by the county commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes and to establish that a county court at law in Navarro County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases, family law matters, juvenile matters, probate matters, appeals from the justice and municipal courts, and in conducting certain proceedings and accepting guilty pleas in felony cases.  The bill establishes that a county court at law in Navarro County does not have general supervisory control or appellate review of the commissioners court or jurisdiction of certain proceedings, requires the judge of such a court to meet the qualifications of a district judge, prohibits the judge from engaging in the private practice of law, and sets forth provisions regarding the judge's salary, the role of the district clerk and county clerk, the official court reporter's salary, and the transfer and use of jurors summoned for a county court at law or a district court in the county to another court for service.