Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 788	House Author:  Hardcastle
Effective:  9-1-05	Senate Sponsor:  Duncan

            House Bill 788 amends the Government Code to provide that the 50th Judicial District court may hear any case that a county court in Baylor, Cottle, King, or Knox County does not retain and that all the necessary processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, and obligations from the transferring court would be transferred to the district court as if they had been originally issued by that court.  The bill also provides that, in addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 50th Judicial District court has the criminal as well as civil jurisdiction of a county court.