1-1 By: Sadler (Senate Sponsor - Ratliff) H.B. No. 2831
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 25, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 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 jurisdiction of the statutory county court in
1-18 Panola County.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Section 25.1852(a), Government Code, as amended
1-21 by Chapters 564 and 746, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
1-22 Session, 1991, is amended to read as follows:
1-23 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-24 25.0003 and other law, and notwithstanding any law granting
1-25 exclusive jurisdiction to the district court, a county court at law
1-26 in Panola County has<:>
1-27 <(1) concurrent with the county court, the probate
1-28 jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and>
1-29 <(2)> concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
1-30 <in:>
1-31 <(A) civil cases in which the matter in
1-32 controversy exceeds $500, but does not exceed $100,000, excluding
1-33 interest;>
1-34 <(B) appeals of final rulings and decisions of
1-35 the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, regardless of the
1-36 amount in controversy;>
1-37 <(C) family law cases and proceedings; and>
1-38 <(D) felony cases to accept guilty pleas and to
1-39 conduct probation revocation hearings>.
1-40 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-41 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-42 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-43 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-44 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-45 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
1-46 * * * * *
1-47 Austin,
1-48 Texas
1-49 May 25, 1993
1-50 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-51 President of the Senate
1-52 Sir:
1-53 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
1-54 No. 2831, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-55 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-56 that it do pass and be printed.
1-57 Henderson,
1-58 Chairman
1-59 * * * * *
1-60 WITNESSES
1-61 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 2831.