By: Sadler H.B. No. 2831
73R8062 RJA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county court in
1-3 Panola County.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.1852(a), Government Code, as amended
1-6 by Chapters 564 and 746, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
1-7 Session, 1991, is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-9 25.0003 and other law, and notwithstanding any law granting
1-10 exclusive jurisdiction to the district court, a county court at law
1-11 in Panola County has<:>
1-12 <(1) concurrent with the county court, the probate
1-13 jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and>
1-14 <(2)> concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
1-15 <in:>
1-16 <(A) civil cases in which the matter in
1-17 controversy exceeds $500, but does not exceed $100,000, excluding
1-18 interest;>
1-19 <(B) appeals of final rulings and decisions of
1-20 the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, regardless of the
1-21 amount in controversy;>
1-22 <(C) family law cases and proceedings; and>
1-23 <(D) felony cases to accept guilty pleas and to
1-24 conduct probation revocation hearings>.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.