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House Bill 4281 |
House Author: Lambert et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Perry |
House Bill 4281 amends the Government Code to expand the concurrent jurisdiction of the 1st Multicounty Court at Law to include felony criminal cases; to require the judge of the county court at law to appoint an official court reporter and authorize the judge to appoint a court administrator; to set the salary of those appointees as the same as the official court reporter and court administrator, respectively, of the district court in the administrative county for the court; and to entitle the judge of the county court at law to travel expenses and necessary office expenses as authorized by the commissioners court of the administrative county. The bill also repeals the law removing Mitchell County from the composition of the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.