1-1 By: Hilderbran (Senate Sponsor - Sims) H.B. No. 974
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 1993;
1-3 March 31, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; April 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 20, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Henderson x
1-9 Harris of Tarrant x
1-10 Brown x
1-11 Harris of Dallas x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 West x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to the County Court at Law of Kerr County.
1-18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-19 SECTION 1. Sections 25.1352(b) and (d), Government Code, are
1-20 amended to read as follows:
1-21 (b) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-22 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Kerr County has:
1-23 (1) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in
1-24 proceedings under the <Titles 1, 2, and 4,> Family Code; and
1-25 (2) concurrent with the county court, the jurisdiction
1-26 of a probate court in proceedings under Chapter 462, Health and
1-27 Safety Code, and Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code.
1-28 (d) A <The terms of a> county court at law has a term of
1-29 court that begins January 1 and ends December 31 of each year <are
1-30 the same as those of the county court>.
1-31 SECTION 2. Sections 25.1352(a), (c), (f), (g), (i), (j), and
1-32 (k), Government Code, are repealed.
1-33 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-34 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-35 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-36 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-37 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-38 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
1-39 * * * * *
1-40 Austin,
1-41 Texas
1-42 April 20, 1993
1-43 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-44 President of the Senate
1-45 Sir:
1-46 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
1-47 No. 974, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-48 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-49 pass and be printed.
1-50 Henderson,
1-51 Chairman
1-52 * * * * *
1-53 WITNESSES