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Senate Bill 618 |
Senate Author: Wentworth |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Hartnett et al. |
Senate Bill 618 amends the Government Code to extend the concurrent jurisdiction that county courts and small claims courts share with justice courts to include civil cases involving matters in controversy up to $10,000, rather than $5,000, in value. The bill also extends a justice court's original jurisdiction of civil matters in which exclusive jurisdiction is not in the district or county court to cases with amounts in controversy up to $10,000, rather than $5,000, in value exclusive of interest. The bill also provides that a corporation need not be represented by an attorney in justice court.