Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 158 amends the Government Code to redesignate the County Court at Law No. 1 and Probate Court of Bexar County, Texas, as the County Court at Law No. 1 of Bexar County, Texas. The act requires the court to give preference to criminal cases and requires that the judge of the court transfer all mental illness proceedings before the court to Probate Court No. 1 of Bexar County, Texas, on the effective date of the act. The act creates the County Court at Law No. 10 of Bexar County, Texas, to give preference to civil cases and the County Courts at Law Nos. 11 and 12 of Bexar County, Texas, to give preference to criminal cases and appeals de novo from the municipal and justice courts.