By: Montford S.B. No. 871
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the jurisdiction, organization and operations of the
1-2 district courts and county courts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 23.001, Government Code,
1-5 is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) Each district court and<,> each county court as provided
1-7 in Chapter 26, <and statutory county court exercising any of the
1-8 constitutional jurisdiction of either a county court or a district
1-9 court> has jurisdiction over juvenile matters and may be designated
1-10 a juvenile court.
1-11 SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Section 24.139, Government Code,
1-12 is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (d) The terms of the 144th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 226th,
1-14 227th, 289th, and 290th district courts <shall give preference to
1-15 criminal cases. The terms of those courts> begin on the first
1-16 Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November.
1-17 Each term continues until the court has disposed of the business
1-18 for that term.
1-19 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 24.205, Government Code,
1-20 is amended to read as follows:
1-21 (a) The 103rd Judicial District is composed of Cameron and
1-22 Willacy counties. <The court shall give preference to civil
1-23 cases.>
2-1 SECTION 4. Subsection (a), Section 24.207, Government Code,
2-2 is amended to read as follows:
2-3 (a) The 105th Judicial District is composed of Kenedy,
2-4 Kleberg, and Nueces counties. <The court shall give preference to
2-5 criminal cases.>
2-6 SECTION 5. Subsection (a), Section 24.209, Government Code,
2-7 is amended to read as follows:
2-8 (a) The 107th Judicial District is composed of Cameron and
2-9 Willacy counties. <The court shall give preference to criminal
2-10 cases.>
2-11 SECTION 6. Subsection (a), Section 24.240, Government Code,
2-12 is amended to read as follows:
2-13 (a) The 138th Judicial District is composed of Cameron and
2-14 Willacy counties. <The court shall give preference to criminal
2-15 cases.>
2-16 SECTION 7. Subsection (a), Section 24.248, Government Code,
2-17 is amended to read as follows:
2-18 (a) The 147th Judicial District is composed of Travis
2-19 County. <The court shall give preference to criminal cases.>
2-20 SECTION 8. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
2-21 amended by adding Sections 24.523 through 24.707 to read as
2-22 follows:
2-23 Sec. 24.523. 373rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANDERSON COUNTY). The
2-24 373rd Judicial District is composed of Anderson County.
2-25 Sec. 24.524. 374th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANGELINA COUNTY). The
3-1 374th Judicial District is composed of Angelina County.
3-2 Sec. 24.525. 375th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANGELINA COUNTY). The
3-3 375th Judicial District is composed of Angelina County.
3-4 Sec. 24.526. 376th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (AUSTIN COUNTY). The
3-5 376th Judicial District is composed of Austin County.
3-6 Sec. 24.527. 378th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BASTROP COUNTY). The
3-7 378th Judicial District is composed of Bastrop County.
3-8 Sec. 24.528. 379th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). The
3-9 379th Judicial District is composed of Bell County.
3-10 Sec. 24.529. 380th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). The
3-11 380th Judicial District is composed of Bell County.
3-12 Sec. 24.530. 381st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-13 381st Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
3-14 Sec. 24.531. 382nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-15 382nd Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
3-16 Sec. 24.532. 383rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-17 383rd Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
3-18 Sec. 24.533. 384th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-19 384th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
3-20 Sec. 24.534. 385th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-21 385th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
3-22 Sec. 24.535. 386th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-23 386th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
3-24 Sec. 24.536. 387th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
3-25 387th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
4-1 Sec. 24.537. 388th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
4-2 388th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
4-3 Sec. 24.538. 389th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
4-4 389th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
4-5 Sec. 24.539. 390th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
4-6 390th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
4-7 Sec. 24.540. 391st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The
4-8 391st Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.
4-9 Sec. 24.541. 392nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). The
4-10 392nd Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County.
4-11 Sec. 24.542. 393rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). The
4-12 393rd Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County.
4-13 Sec. 24.543. 394th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). The
4-14 394th Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County.
4-15 Sec. 24.544. 395th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZOS COUNTY). The
4-16 395th Judicial District is composed of Brazos County.
4-17 Sec. 24.545. 396th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZOS COUNTY). The
4-18 396th Judicial District is composed of Brazos County.
4-19 Sec. 24.546. 397th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Caldwell COUNTY). The
4-20 397th Judicial District is composed of Caldwell County.
4-21 Sec. 24.547. 398th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Calhoun COUNTY). The
4-22 398th Judicial District is composed of Calhoun County.
4-23 Sec. 24.548. 399th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Cameron COUNTY). The
4-24 399th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County.
4-25 Sec. 24.549. 400th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Cameron COUNTY). The
5-1 400th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County.
5-2 Sec. 24.550. 401st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Cherokee COUNTY). The
5-3 401st Judicial District is composed of Cherokee County.
5-4 Sec. 24.551. 402nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Collin COUNTY). The
5-5 402nd Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
5-6 Sec. 24.552. 403rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Collin COUNTY). The
5-7 403rd Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
5-8 Sec. 24.553. 404th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Collin COUNTY). The
5-9 404th Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
5-10 Sec. 24.554. 405th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Comal COUNTY). The
5-11 405th Judicial District is composed of Comal County.
5-12 Sec. 24.555. 406th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Coryell COUNTY). The
5-13 406th Judicial District is composed of Coryell County.
5-14 Sec. 24.556. 407th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
5-15 407th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
5-16 Sec. 24.557. 408th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
5-17 408th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
5-18 Sec. 24.558. 409th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
5-19 409th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
5-20 Sec. 24.559. 410th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
5-21 410th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
5-22 Sec. 24.560. 411th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
5-23 411th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
5-24 Sec. 24.561. 412th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
5-25 412th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-1 Sec. 24.562. 413th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-2 413th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-3 Sec. 24.563. 414th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-4 414th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-5 Sec. 24.564. 415th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-6 415th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-7 Sec. 24.565. 416th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-8 416th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-9 Sec. 24.566. 417th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-10 417th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-11 Sec. 24.567. 418th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-12 418th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-13 Sec. 24.568. 419th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-14 419th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-15 Sec. 24.569. 420th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-16 420th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-17 Sec. 24.570. 421st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-18 421st Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-19 Sec. 24.571. 422nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-20 422nd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-21 Sec. 24.572. 423rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-22 423rd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-23 Sec. 24.573. 424th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
6-24 424th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
6-25 Sec. 24.574. 425th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
7-1 425th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
7-2 Sec. 24.575. 426th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dallas COUNTY). The
7-3 426th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
7-4 Sec. 24.576. 427th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Denton COUNTY). The
7-5 427th Judicial District is composed of Denton County.
7-6 Sec. 24.577. 428th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Denton COUNTY). The
7-7 428th Judicial District is composed of Denton County.
7-8 Sec. 24.578. 429th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Denton COUNTY). The
7-9 429th Judicial District is composed of Denton County.
7-10 Sec. 24.579. 430th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Ector COUNTY). The
7-11 430th Judicial District is composed of Ector County.
7-12 Sec. 24.580. 431st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Ector COUNTY). The
7-13 431st Judicial District is composed of Ector County.
7-14 Sec. 24.581. 432nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Ellis COUNTY). The
7-15 432nd Judicial District is composed of Ellis County.
7-16 Sec. 24.582. 433rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso COUNTY). The
7-17 433rd Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
7-18 Sec. 24.583. 434th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso COUNTY). The
7-19 434th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
7-20 Sec. 24.584. 435th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso COUNTY). The
7-21 435th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
7-22 Sec. 24.585. 436th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso COUNTY). The
7-23 436th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
7-24 Sec. 24.586. 437th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso COUNTY). The
7-25 437th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
8-1 Sec. 24.587. 438th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso COUNTY). The
8-2 438th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
8-3 Sec. 24.588. 439th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Erath COUNTY). The
8-4 439th Judicial District is composed of Erath County.
8-5 Sec. 24.589. 440th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Fort Bend COUNTY).
8-6 The 440th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County.
8-7 Sec. 24.590. 441st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Fort Bend COUNTY).
8-8 The 441st Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County.
8-9 Sec. 24.591. 442nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Galveston COUNTY).
8-10 The 442nd Judicial District is composed of Galveston County.
8-11 Sec. 24.592. 443rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Galveston COUNTY).
8-12 The 443rd Judicial District is composed of Galveston County.
8-13 Sec. 24.593. 444th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Galveston COUNTY).
8-14 The 444th Judicial District is composed of Galveston County.
8-15 Sec. 24.594. 445th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Grayson COUNTY). The
8-16 445th Judicial District is composed of Grayson County.
8-17 Sec. 24.595. 446th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Grayson COUNTY). The
8-18 446th Judicial District is composed of Grayson County.
8-19 Sec. 24.596. 447th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Gregg COUNTY). The
8-20 447th Judicial District is composed of Gregg County.
8-21 Sec. 24.597. 448th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Guadalupe COUNTY).
8-22 The 448th Judicial District is composed of Guadalupe County.
8-23 Sec. 24.598. 449th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
8-24 449th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
8-25 Sec. 24.599. 450th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-1 450th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-2 Sec. 24.600. 451st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-3 451st Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-4 Sec. 24.601. 452nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-5 452nd Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-6 Sec. 24.602. 453rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-7 453rd Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-8 Sec. 24.603. 454th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-9 454th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-10 Sec. 24.604. 455th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-11 455th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-12 Sec. 24.605. 456th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-13 456th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-14 Sec. 24.606. 457th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-15 457th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-16 Sec. 24.607. 458th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-17 458th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-18 Sec. 24.608. 459th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-19 459th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-20 Sec. 24.609. 460th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-21 460th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-22 Sec. 24.610. 461st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-23 461st Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
9-24 Sec. 24.611. 462nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
9-25 462nd Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-1 Sec. 24.612. 463rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-2 463rd Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-3 Sec. 24.613. 464th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-4 464th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-5 Sec. 24.614. 465th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-6 465th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-7 Sec. 24.615. 466th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-8 466th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-9 Sec. 24.616. 467th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-10 467th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-11 Sec. 24.617. 468th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-12 468th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-13 Sec. 24.618. 469th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-14 469th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-15 Sec. 24.619. 470th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harris COUNTY). The
10-16 470th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
10-17 Sec. 24.620. 471st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Harrison COUNTY). The
10-18 471st Judicial District is composed of Harrison County.
10-19 Sec. 24.621. 472nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hays COUNTY). The
10-20 472nd Judicial District is composed of Hays County.
10-21 Sec. 24.622. 473rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hays COUNTY). The
10-22 473rd Judicial District is composed of Hays County.
10-23 Sec. 24.623. 474th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Henderson COUNTY).
10-24 The 474th Judicial District is composed of Henderson County.
10-25 Sec. 24.624. 475th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hidalgo COUNTY). The
11-1 475th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
11-2 Sec. 24.625. 476th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hidalgo COUNTY). The
11-3 476th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
11-4 Sec. 24.626. 477th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hidalgo COUNTY). The
11-5 477th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
11-6 Sec. 24.627. 478th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hidalgo COUNTY). The
11-7 478th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.
11-8 Sec. 24.628. 479th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hopkins COUNTY). The
11-9 479th Judicial District is composed of Hopkins County.
11-10 Sec. 24.629. 480th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Houston COUNTY). The
11-11 480th Judicial District is composed of Houston County.
11-12 Sec. 24.630. 481st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Hunt COUNTY). The
11-13 481st Judicial District is composed of Hunt County.
11-14 Sec. 24.631. 482nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Jefferson COUNTY).
11-15 The 482nd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County.
11-16 Sec. 24.632. 483rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Jefferson COUNTY).
11-17 The 483rd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County.
11-18 Sec. 24.633. 484th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Jefferson COUNTY).
11-19 The 484th Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County.
11-20 Sec. 24.634. 485th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Johnson COUNTY). The
11-21 485th Judicial District is composed of Johnson County.
11-22 Sec. 24.635. 486th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Johnson COUNTY). The
11-23 486th Judicial District is composed of Johnson County.
11-24 Sec. 24.636. 487th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Kerr COUNTY). The
11-25 487th Judicial District is composed of Kerr County.
12-1 Sec. 24.637. 488th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Kleberg COUNTY). The
12-2 488th Judicial District is composed of Kleberg County.
12-3 Sec. 24.638. 489th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Liberty COUNTY). The
12-4 489th Judicial District is composed of Liberty County.
12-5 Sec. 24.639. 490th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Lubbock COUNTY). The
12-6 490th Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County.
12-7 Sec. 24.640. 491st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Lubbock COUNTY). The
12-8 491st Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County.
12-9 Sec. 24.641. 492nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Lubbock COUNTY). The
12-10 492nd Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County.
12-11 Sec. 24.642. 493rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (McLennan COUNTY). The
12-12 493rd Judicial District is composed of McLennan County.
12-13 Sec. 24.643. 494th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (McLennan COUNTY). The
12-14 494th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County.
12-15 Sec. 24.644. 495th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Medina COUNTY). The
12-16 495th Judicial District is composed of Medina County.
12-17 Sec. 24.645. 496th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Midland COUNTY). The
12-18 496th Judicial District is composed of Midland County.
12-19 Sec. 24.646. 497th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Midland COUNTY). The
12-20 497th Judicial District is composed of Midland County.
12-21 Sec. 24.647. 498th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Montgomery COUNTY).
12-22 The 498th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.
12-23 Sec. 24.648. 499th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Montgomery COUNTY).
12-24 The 499th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.
12-25 Sec. 24.649. 500th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Montgomery COUNTY).
13-1 The 500th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.
13-2 Sec. 24.650. 501st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Moore COUNTY). The
13-3 501st Judicial District is composed of Moore County.
13-4 Sec. 24.651. 502nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Nacogdoches COUNTY).
13-5 The 502nd Judicial District is composed of Nacogdoches County.
13-6 Sec. 24.652. 503rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Nolan COUNTY). The
13-7 503rd Judicial District is composed of Nolan County.
13-8 Sec. 24.653. 504th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Nueces COUNTY). The
13-9 504th Judicial District is composed of Nueces County.
13-10 Sec. 24.654. 505th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Nueces COUNTY). The
13-11 505th Judicial District is composed of Nueces County.
13-12 Sec. 24.655. 506th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Nueces COUNTY). The
13-13 506th Judicial District is composed of Nueces County.
13-14 Sec. 24.656. 507th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Nueces COUNTY). The
13-15 507th Judicial District is composed of Nueces County.
13-16 Sec. 24.657. 508th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Orange COUNTY). The
13-17 508th Judicial District is composed of Orange County.
13-18 Sec. 24.658. 509th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Panola COUNTY). The
13-19 509th Judicial District is composed of Panola County.
13-20 Sec. 24.659. 510th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Parker COUNTY). The
13-21 510th Judicial District is composed of Parker County.
13-22 Sec. 24.660. 511th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Polk COUNTY). The
13-23 511th Judicial District is composed of Polk County.
13-24 Sec. 24.661. 512th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Potter COUNTY). The
13-25 512th Judicial District is composed of Potter County.
14-1 Sec. 24.662. 513th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Potter COUNTY). The
14-2 513th Judicial District is composed of Potter County.
14-3 Sec. 24.663. 514th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Randall COUNTY). The
14-4 514th Judicial District is composed of Randall County.
14-5 Sec. 24.664. 515th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Reeves COUNTY). The
14-6 515th Judicial District is composed of Reeves County.
14-7 Sec. 24.665. 516th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Rusk COUNTY). The
14-8 516th Judicial District is composed of Rusk County.
14-9 Sec. 24.666. 517th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (San Patricio COUNTY).
14-10 The 517th Judicial District is composed of San Patricio County.
14-11 Sec. 24.667. 518th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Smith COUNTY). The
14-12 518th Judicial District is composed of Smith County.
14-13 Sec. 24.668. 519th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Smith COUNTY). The
14-14 519th Judicial District is composed of Smith County.
14-15 Sec. 24.669. 520th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Starr COUNTY). The
14-16 520th Judicial District is composed of Starr County.
14-17 Sec. 24.670. 521st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
14-18 521st Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
14-19 Sec. 24.671. 522nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
14-20 522nd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
14-21 Sec. 24.672. 523rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
14-22 523rd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
14-23 Sec. 24.673. 524th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
14-24 524th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
14-25 Sec. 24.674. 525th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-1 525th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-2 Sec. 24.675. 526th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-3 526th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-4 Sec. 24.676. 527th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-5 527th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-6 Sec. 24.677. 528th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-7 528th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-8 Sec. 24.678. 529th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-9 529th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-10 Sec. 24.679. 530th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-11 530th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-12 Sec. 24.680. 531st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-13 531st Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-14 Sec. 24.681. 532nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-15 532nd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-16 Sec. 24.682. 533rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-17 533rd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-18 Sec. 24.683. 534th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-19 534th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-20 Sec. 24.684. 535th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tarrant COUNTY). The
15-21 535th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
15-22 Sec. 24.685. 536th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Taylor COUNTY). The
15-23 536th Judicial District is composed of Taylor County.
15-24 Sec. 24.686. 537th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Taylor COUNTY). The
15-25 537th Judicial District is composed of Taylor County.
16-1 Sec. 24.687. 538th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Tom Green COUNTY).
16-2 The 538th Judicial District is composed of Tom Green County.
16-3 Sec. 24.688. 539th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-4 539th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-5 Sec. 24.689. 540th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-6 540th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-7 Sec. 24.690. 541st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-8 541st Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-9 Sec. 24.691. 542nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-10 542nd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-11 Sec. 24.692. 543rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-12 543rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-13 Sec. 24.693. 544th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-14 544th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-15 Sec. 24.694. 545th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Travis COUNTY). The
16-16 545th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
16-17 Sec. 24.695. 546th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Val Verde COUNTY).
16-18 The 546th Judicial District is composed of Val Verde County.
16-19 Sec. 24.696. 547th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Victoria COUNTY). The
16-20 547th Judicial District is composed of Victoria County.
16-21 Sec. 24.697. 548th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Victoria COUNTY). The
16-22 548th Judicial District is composed of Victoria County.
16-23 Sec. 24.698. 549th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Walker COUNTY). The
16-24 549th Judicial District is composed of Walker County.
16-25 Sec. 24.699. 550th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Waller COUNTY). The
17-1 550th Judicial District is composed of Waller County.
17-2 Sec. 24.700. 551st JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Washington COUNTY).
17-3 The 551st Judicial District is composed of Washington County.
17-4 Sec. 24.701. 552nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Webb COUNTY). The
17-5 552nd Judicial District is composed of Webb County.
17-6 Sec. 24.702. 553rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Webb COUNTY). The
17-7 553rd Judicial District is composed of Webb County.
17-8 Sec. 24.703. 554th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Wichita COUNTY). The
17-9 554th Judicial District is composed of Wichita County.
17-10 Sec. 24.704. 555th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Wichita COUNTY). The
17-11 555th Judicial District is composed of Wichita County.
17-12 Sec. 24.705. 556th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Williamson COUNTY).
17-13 The 556th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County.
17-14 Sec. 24.706. 557th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Williamson COUNTY).
17-15 The 557th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County.
17-16 Sec. 24.707. 558th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Wise COUNTY). The
17-17 558th Judicial District is composed of Wise County.
17-18 SECTION 9. Subsection (d), Section 26.014, Government Code,
17-19 is amended to read as follows:
17-20 (d) The district <county> clerk shall note the election of
17-21 the special judge in the minutes of the court <in the same manner
17-22 as that provided for similar cases in the district court>.
17-23 SECTION 10. Section 26.021, Government Code, is amended to
17-24 read as follows:
17-25 Sec. 26.021. Application of Subchapter. This subchapter
18-1 applies only to a county in which the county court is authorized by
18-2 Subchapter E to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D
18-3 and other law<:>
18-4 <(1) there is not statutory county court at law or
18-5 statutory probate court; and>
18-6 <(2) all duties of the county court devolve on the
18-7 county judge>.
18-8 SECTION 11. Subsection (a), Section 26.022, Government Code,
18-9 is amended to read as follows:
18-10 (a) the county judge for good cause may at any time appoint
18-11 a special judge with respect to any pending <civil or> criminal
18-12 matter.
18-13 SECTION 12. Section 26.041, Government Code, is amended to
18-14 read as follows:
18-15 Sec. 26.041. General Jurisdiction; Changes. (a) A county
18-16 court has no jurisdiction in civil cases.
18-17 (b) If authorized by Subchapter E, a county court has the
18-18 jurisdiction conferred by this subchapter and other law.
18-19 SECTION 13. Section 26.042, Government Code, is amended to
18-20 read as follows:
18-21 Sec. 26.042. <Civil Jurisdiction;> Juvenile Jurisdiction;
18-22 Probate Jurisdiction. If authorized by Subchapter E:
18-23 (a) <A county court has concurrent jurisdiction with the
18-24 justice courts in civil cases in which the matter in controversy
18-25 exceeds $200 in value but does not exceed $5,000, exclusive of
19-1 interest.>
19-2 <(b)> A county court has juvenile jurisdiction as provided
19-3 by Section 23.001.
19-4 (b) A county court has jurisdiction in probate cases as
19-5 provided by the Probate Code.
19-6 <(c) If under Subchapter E a county court has original
19-7 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
19-8 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction, an appeal or
19-9 writ of error may not be taken to the court of appeals from a final
19-10 judgment of the county court in a civil case in which:>
19-11 <(1) the county court has appellate or original
19-12 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts; and>
19-13 <(2) the judgment or amount in controversy does not
19-14 exceed $100, exclusive of interest and costs.>
19-15 <(d) A county court has concurrent jurisdiction with the
19-16 district court in civil cases in which the matter in controversy
19-17 exceeds $500 but does not exceed $5,000, exclusive of interest.>
19-18 <(e) A county court has appellate jurisdiction in civil
19-19 cases over which the justice courts have original jurisdiction in
19-20 cases in which the judgment appealed from or the amount in
19-21 controversy exceeds $20, exclusive of costs.>
19-22 SECTION 14. Section 26.045, Government Code, is amended to
19-23 read as follows:
19-24 Sec. 26.045. Original Criminal Jurisdiction. (a) If
19-25 authorized by Subchapter E <Except as provided by Subsection (c)>,
20-1 a county court has exclusive original jurisdiction of misdemeanors
20-2 other than misdemeanors involving official misconduct and cases in
20-3 which the highest fine that may be imposed is $500 or less.
20-4 (b) If authorized by Subchapter E <Except as provided by
20-5 Subsection (c)>, a county court has jurisdiction in the forfeiture
20-6 and final judgment of bonds and recognizances taken in criminal
20-7 cases within the court's jurisdiction.
20-8 <(c) A county court that is in a county with a criminal
20-9 district court does not have any criminal jurisdiction. This
20-10 subsection does not affect the jurisdiction of a statutory county
20-11 court.>
20-12 SECTION 15. Section 26.046, Government Code, is amended to
20-13 read as follows:
20-14 Sec. 26.046. Appellate Criminal Jurisdiction. If authorized
20-15 by Subchapter E, a <A> county court has appellate jurisdiction in
20-16 criminal cases of which justice courts and other inferior courts
20-17 have original jurisdiction.
20-18 SECTION 16. Subsection (a), Section 26.047, Government Code,
20-19 is amended to read as follows:
20-20 (a) If authorized by Subchapter E, a <A> county court may
20-21 issue a writ of habeas corpus in any case in which the constitution
20-22 has not conferred the power on the district courts.
20-23 SECTION 17. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
20-24 adding a Section 26.102 to read as follows:
20-25 Sec. 26.102. Andrews County. The county court of Andrews
21-1 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
21-2 Subchapter D and other law.
21-3 SECTION 18. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
21-4 adding a Section 26.104 to read as follows:
21-5 Sec. 26.104. Aransas County. The county court of Aransas
21-6 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
21-7 Subchapter D and other law.
21-8 SECTION 19. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
21-9 adding a Section 26.105 to read as follows:
21-10 Sec. 26.105. Archer County. The county court of Archer
21-11 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
21-12 Subchapter D and other law.
21-13 SECTION 20. Section 26.105, Government Code, is amended to
21-14 read as follows:
21-15 Sec. 26.105. Armstrong County. The county court of
21-16 Armstrong County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
21-17 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other
21-18 jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Armstrong County
21-19 has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all
21-20 civil matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under
21-21 general law.>
21-22 SECTION 21. Section 26.107, Government Code, is amended to
21-23 read as follows:
21-24 Sec. 26.107. Atascosa County. The county court of Atascosa
21-25 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
22-1 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
22-2 provided by law, the County Court of Atascosa County has original
22-3 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
22-4 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
22-5 law.>
22-6 SECTION 22. Section 26.109, Government Code, is amended to
22-7 read as follows:
22-8 Sec. 26.109. Bailey County. The county court of Bailey
22-9 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
22-10 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
22-11 provided by law, the County Court of Bailey County has original
22-12 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
22-13 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
22-14 law.>
22-15 SECTION 23. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
22-16 adding a Section 26.110 to read as follows:
22-17 Sec. 26.110. Bandera County. The county court of Bandera
22-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
22-19 Subchapter D and other law.
22-20 SECTION 24. Section 26.112, Government Code, is amended to
22-21 read as follows:
22-22 Sec. 26.112. Baylor County. The county court of Baylor
22-23 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
22-24 Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of Baylor County has
22-25 general jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil or
23-1 criminal jurisdiction except to receive and enter guilty pleas in
23-2 misdemeanor cases.>
23-3 SECTION 25. Section 26.113, Government Code, is amended to
23-4 read as follows:
23-5 Sec. 26.113. Bee County. The county court of Bee County is
23-6 authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D
23-7 and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law,
23-8 the County Court of Bee County has original concurrent jurisdiction
23-9 with the justice courts in all civil matters in which the justice
23-10 courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
23-11 SECTION 26. Subsection (a), Section 26.116, Government Code,
23-12 is amended to read as follows:
23-13 (a) The county court of Blanco County is authorized to
23-14 exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
23-15 <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the County
23-16 Court of Blanco County has original concurrent jurisdiction with
23-17 the justice courts in all civil and criminal matters in which the
23-18 justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
23-19 SECTION 27. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
23-20 adding a Section 26.117 to read as follows:
23-21 Sec. 26.117. Borden County. The county court of Borden
23-22 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
23-23 Subchapter D and other law.
23-24 SECTION 28. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
23-25 adding a Section 26.118 to read as follows:
24-1 Sec. 26.118. Bosque County. The county court of Bosque
24-2 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
24-3 Subchapter D and other law.
24-4 SECTION 29. Section 26.122, Government Code, is amended to
24-5 read as follows:
24-6 Sec. 26.122. Brewster County. (a) The county court of
24-7 Brewster County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
24-8 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
24-9 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Brewster County
24-10 begin on the third Mondays in February, May, August, and November
24-11 and continue until the court has disposed of its business.
24-12 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
24-13 under Section 26.002.
24-14 SECTION 30. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
24-15 adding a Section 26.123 to read as follows:
24-16 Sec. 26.123. Briscoe County. The county court of Briscoe
24-17 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
24-18 Subchapter D and other law.
24-19 SECTION 31. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
24-20 adding a Section 26.124 to read as follows:
24-21 Sec. 26.124. Brooks County. The county court of Brooks
24-22 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
24-23 Subchapter D and other law.
24-24 SECTION 32. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
24-25 adding a Section 26.125 to read as follows:
25-1 Sec. 26.125. Brown County. The county court of Brown County
25-2 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
25-3 D and other law.
25-4 SECTION 33. Section 26.126, Government Code, is amended to
25-5 read as follows:
25-6 Sec. 26.126. Burleson County. The county court of Burleson
25-7 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
25-8 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
25-9 provided by law, the County Court of Burleson County has original
25-10 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
25-11 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
25-12 law.>
25-13 SECTION 34. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
25-14 adding a Section 26.127 to read as follows:
25-15 Sec. 26.127. Burnet County. The county court of Burnet
25-16 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
25-17 Subchapter D and other law.
25-18 SECTION 35. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
25-19 adding a Section 26.130 to read as follows:
25-20 Sec. 26.130. Callahan County. The county court of Callahan
25-21 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
25-22 Subchapter D and other law.
25-23 SECTION 36. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
25-24 adding a Section 26.132 to read as follows:
25-25 Sec. 26.132. Camp County. The county court of Camp County
26-1 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
26-2 D and other law.
26-3 SECTION 37. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
26-4 adding a Section 26.133 to read as follows:
26-5 Sec. 26.133. Carson County. The county court of Carson
26-6 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
26-7 Subchapter D and other law.
26-8 SECTION 38. Section 26.134, Government Code, is amended to
26-9 read as follows:
26-10 Sec. 26.134. Cass County. The county court of Cass County
26-11 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
26-12 D and other law. <The County Court of Cass County has the general
26-13 jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil or criminal
26-14 jurisdiction except juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
26-15 26.042(b) and criminal jurisdiction to receive and enter guilty
26-16 pleas in misdemeanor cases.>
26-17 SECTION 39. Section 26.135, Government Code, is amended to
26-18 read as follows:
26-19 Sec. 26.135. Castro County. (a) The county court of Castro
26-20 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
26-21 Subchapter D and other law.
26-22 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Castro County
26-23 begin on the fourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November
26-24 and continue until the court has disposed of its business.
26-25 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
27-1 under Section 26.002.
27-2 SECTION 40. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
27-3 adding a Section 26.138 to read as follows:
27-4 Sec. 26.138. Childress County. The county court of
27-5 Childress County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
27-6 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
27-7 SECTION 41. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
27-8 adding a Section 26.139 to read as follows:
27-9 Sec. 26.139. Clay County. The county court of Clay County
27-10 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
27-11 D and other law.
27-12 SECTION 42. Section 26.140, Government Code, is amended to
27-13 read as follows:
27-14 Sec. 26.140. Cochran County. The county court of Cochran
27-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
27-16 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
27-17 provided by law, the County Court of Cochran County has original
27-18 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
27-19 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
27-20 law.>
27-21 SECTION 43. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
27-22 adding a Section 26.141 to read as follows:
27-23 Sec. 26.141. Coke County. The county court of Coke County
27-24 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
27-25 D and other law.
28-1 SECTION 44. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
28-2 adding a Section 26.142 to read as follows:
28-3 Sec. 26.142. Coleman County. The county court of Coleman
28-4 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
28-5 Subchapter D and other law.
28-6 SECTION 45. Section 26.144, Government Code, is amended to
28-7 read as follows:
28-8 Sec. 26.144. Collingsworth County. The county court of
28-9 Collingsworth County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
28-10 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other
28-11 jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Collingsworth
28-12 County has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts
28-13 in all civil matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction
28-14 under general law.>
28-15 SECTION 46. Section 26.145, Government Code, is amended to
28-16 read as follows:
28-17 Sec. 26.145. Colorado County. The county court of Colorado
28-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
28-19 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
28-20 provided by law, the County Court of Colorado County has original
28-21 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
28-22 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
28-23 law.>
28-24 SECTION 47. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
28-25 adding a Section 26.147 to read as follows:
29-1 Sec. 26.147. Comanche County. The county court of Comanche
29-2 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
29-3 Subchapter D and other law.
29-4 SECTION 48. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
29-5 adding a Section 26.148 to read as follows:
29-6 Sec. 26.148. Concho County. The county court of Concho
29-7 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
29-8 Subchapter D and other law.
29-9 SECTION 49. Section 26.151, Government Code, is amended to
29-10 read as follows:
29-11 Sec. 26.151. Cottle County. The county court of Cottle
29-12 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
29-13 Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of Cottle County has
29-14 the general jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil
29-15 or criminal jurisdiction except to receive and enter guilty pleas
29-16 in misdemeanor cases.>
29-17 SECTION 50. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
29-18 adding a Section 26.152 to read as follows:
29-19 Sec. 26.152. Crane County. The county court of Crane County
29-20 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
29-21 D and other law.
29-22 SECTION 51. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
29-23 adding a Section 26.153 to read as follows:
29-24 Sec. 26.153. Crockett County. The county court of Crockett
29-25 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
30-1 Subchapter D and other law.
30-2 SECTION 52. Section 26.154, Government Code, is amended to
30-3 read as follows:
30-4 Sec. 26.154. Crosby County. The county court of Crosby
30-5 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
30-6 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
30-7 provided by law, the County Court of Crosby County has original
30-8 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
30-9 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
30-10 law.>
30-11 SECTION 53. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
30-12 adding a Section 26.155 to read as follows:
30-13 Sec. 26.155. Culberson County. The county court of
30-14 Culberson County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
30-15 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
30-16 SECTION 54. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
30-17 adding a Section 26.156 to read as follows:
30-18 Sec. 26.156. Dallam County. The county court of Dallam
30-19 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
30-20 Subchapter D and other law.
30-21 SECTION 55. Section 26.158, Government Code, is amended to
30-22 read as follows:
30-23 Sec. 26.158. Dawson County. The county court of Dawson
30-24 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
30-25 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
31-1 provided by law, the County Court of Dawson County has original
31-2 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
31-3 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
31-4 law.>
31-5 SECTION 56. Section 26.159, Government Code, is amended to
31-6 read as follows:
31-7 Sec. 26.159. Deaf Smith County. The county court of Deaf
31-8 Smith County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred
31-9 by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
31-10 provided by law, the County Court of Deaf Smith County has original
31-11 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
31-12 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
31-13 law.>
31-14 SECTION 57. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
31-15 adding a Section 26.160 to read as follows:
31-16 Sec. 26.160. Delta County. The county court of Delta County
31-17 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
31-18 D and other law.
31-19 SECTION 58. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
31-20 adding a Section 26.162 to read as follows:
31-21 Sec. 26.162. DeWitt County. The county court of DeWitt
31-22 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
31-23 Subchapter D and other law.
31-24 SECTION 59. Section 26.163, Government Code, is amended to
31-25 read as follows:
32-1 Sec. 26.163. Dickens County. The county court of Dickens
32-2 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
32-3 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
32-4 provided by law, the County Court of Dickens County has original
32-5 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
32-6 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
32-7 law.>
32-8 SECTION 60. Section 26.164, Government Code, is amended to
32-9 read as follows:
32-10 Sec. 26.164. Dimmit County. (a) The county court of Dimmit
32-11 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
32-12 Subchapter D and other law.
32-13 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Dimmit County
32-14 begin on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October
32-15 and may continue for three weeks.
32-16 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
32-17 under Section 26.002.
32-18 SECTION 61. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
32-19 adding a Section 26.165 to read as follows:
32-20 Sec. 26.165. Donley County. The county court of Donley
32-21 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
32-22 Subchapter D and other law.
32-23 SECTION 62. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
32-24 adding a Section 26.166 to read as follows:
32-25 Sec. 26.166. Duval County. The county court of Duval County
33-1 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
33-2 D and other law.
33-3 SECTION 63. Section 26.169, Government Code, is amended to
33-4 read as follows:
33-5 Sec. 26.169. Edwards County. (a) The county court of
33-6 Edwards County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred
33-7 by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
33-8 provided by law, the County Court of Edwards County has original
33-9 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil and
33-10 criminal matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction
33-11 under general law.>
33-12 (b) The terms of the county court begin on the first Mondays
33-13 in January, May, August, and November and continue until the
33-14 Saturday before the Monday on which the next term begins. The
33-15 commissioners court may change the court terms under Section
33-16 26.002.
33-17 SECTION 64. Section 26.173, Government Code, is amended to
33-18 read as follows:
33-19 Sec. 26.173. Falls County. The county court of Falls County
33-20 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
33-21 D and other law. <has:>
33-22 <(1) the general jurisdiction of a probate court;>
33-23 <(2) juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
33-24 24/042(b); and>
33-25 <(3) original and appellate jurisdiction in all
34-1 matters over which county courts have jurisdiction under the
34-2 constitution and laws of this state.>
34-3 SECTION 65. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
34-4 adding a Section 26.174 to read as follows:
34-5 Sec. 26.174. Fannin County. The county court of Fannin
34-6 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
34-7 Subchapter D and other law.
34-8 SECTION 66. Section 26.175, Government Code, is amended to
34-9 read as follows:
34-10 Sec. 26.175. Fayette County. The county court of Fayette
34-11 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
34-12 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
34-13 provided by law, the County Court of Fayette County has the
34-14 following jurisdiction concurrent with the district court if the
34-15 county judge is licensed to practice law in this state and
34-16 practiced law for at least two years before his appointment or
34-17 election:>
34-18 <(1) jurisdiction over cases and proceedings under the
34-19 Family Code;>
34-20 <(2) eminent domain jurisdiction; and>
34-21 <(3) civil jurisdiction in cases in which the matter
34-22 in controversy exceeds $500 and does not exceed $20,000.>
34-23 SECTION 67. Section 26.176, Government Code, is amended to
34-24 read as follows:
34-25 Sec. 26.176. Fisher County. The county court of Fisher
35-1 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
35-2 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
35-3 provided by law, the County Court of Fisher County has original
35-4 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
35-5 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
35-6 law.>
35-7 SECTION 68. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
35-8 adding a Section 26.177 to read as follows:
35-9 Sec. 26.177. Floyd County. The county court of Floyd County
35-10 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
35-11 D and other law.
35-12 SECTION 69. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
35-13 adding a Section 26.178 to read as follows:
35-14 Sec. 26.178. Foard County. The county court of Foard County
35-15 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
35-16 D and other law.
35-17 SECTION 70. Section 26.180, Government Code, is amended to
35-18 read as follows:
35-19 Sec. 26.180. Franklin County. (a) The county court of
35-20 Franklin County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
35-21 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
35-22 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Franklin County
35-23 begin on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October
35-24 and continue until the court has disposed of its business.
35-25 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
36-1 under Section 26.002.
36-2 SECTION 71. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
36-3 adding a Section 26.181 to read as follows:
36-4 Sec. 26.181. Freestone County. The county court of
36-5 Freestone County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
36-6 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
36-7 SECTION 72. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
36-8 adding a Section 26.182 to read as follows:
36-9 Sec. 26.182. Frio County. The county court of Frio County
36-10 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
36-11 D and other law.
36-12 SECTION 73. Section 26.183, Government Code, is amended to
36-13 read as follows:
36-14 Sec. 26.183. Gaines County. The county court of Gaines
36-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
36-16 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
36-17 provided by law, the County Court of Gaines County has original
36-18 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
36-19 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
36-20 law.>
36-21 SECTION 74. Section 26.185, Government Code, is amended to
36-22 read as follows:
36-23 Sec. 26.185. Garza County. The county court of Garza County
36-24 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
36-25 D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by
37-1 law, the County Court of Garza County has original concurrent
37-2 jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which
37-3 the justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
37-4 SECTION 75. Section 26.186, Government Code, is amended to
37-5 read as follows:
37-6 Sec. 26.186. Gillespie County. (a) The county court of
37-7 Gillespie County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
37-8 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other
37-9 jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Gillespie County
37-10 has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all
37-11 civil and criminal matters in which the justice courts have
37-12 jurisdiction under general law.>
37-13 (b) The terms of the county court begin on the first Mondays
37-14 in January, May, August, and November and continue for six weeks or
37-15 until the court has disposed of its business. The commissioners
37-16 court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
37-17 SECTION 76. Section 26.187, Government Code, is amended to
37-18 read as follows:
37-19 Sec. 26.187. Glasscock County. The county court of
37-20 Glasscock County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
37-21 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of
37-22 Glasscock County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court,
37-23 general criminal jurisdiction, and juvenile jurisdiction as
37-24 provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other civil jurisdiction.>
37-25 SECTION 77. Section 26.188, Government Code, is amended to
38-1 read as follows:
38-2 Sec. 26.188. Goliad County. The county court of Goliad
38-3 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
38-4 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
38-5 provided by law, the County Court of Goliad County has original
38-6 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
38-7 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
38-8 law.>
38-9 SECTION 78. Section 26.189, Government Code, is amended to
38-10 read as follows:
38-11 Sec. 26.189. Gonzales County. The county court of Gonzales
38-12 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
38-13 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
38-14 provided by law, the County Court of Gonzales County has original
38-15 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
38-16 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
38-17 law.>
38-18 SECTION 79. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
38-19 adding a Section 26.193 to read as follows:
38-20 Sec. 26.193. Grimes County. The county court of Grimes
38-21 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
38-22 Subchapter D and other law.
38-23 SECTION 80. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
38-24 adding a Section 26.195 to read as follows:
38-25 Sec. 26.195. Hale County. The county court of Hale County
39-1 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
39-2 D and other law.
39-3 SECTION 81. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
39-4 adding a Section 26.196 to read as follows:
39-5 Sec. 26.196. Hall County. The county court of Hall County
39-6 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
39-7 D and other law.
39-8 SECTION 82. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
39-9 adding a Section 26.197 to read as follows:
39-10 Sec. 26.197. Hamilton County. The county court of Hamilton
39-11 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
39-12 Subchapter D and other law.
39-13 SECTION 83. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
39-14 adding a Section 26.198 to read as follows:
39-15 Sec. 26.198. Hansford County. The county court of Hansford
39-16 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
39-17 Subchapter D and other law.
39-18 SECTION 84. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
39-19 adding a Section 26.199 to read as follows:
39-20 Sec. 26.199. Hardeman County. The county court of Hardeman
39-21 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
39-22 Subchapter D and other law.
39-23 SECTION 85. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
39-24 adding a Section 26.203 to read as follows:
39-25 Sec. 26.203. Hartley County. The county court of Hartley
40-1 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
40-2 Subchapter D and other law.
40-3 SECTION 86. Section 26.204, Government Code, is amended to
40-4 read as follows:
40-5 Sec. 26.204. Haskell County. The county court of Haskell
40-6 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
40-7 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
40-8 provided by law, the County Court of Haskell County has original
40-9 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
40-10 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
40-11 law.>
40-12 SECTION 87. Section 26.206, Government Code, is amended to
40-13 read as follows:
40-14 Sec. 26.206. Hemphill County. The county court of Hemphill
40-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
40-16 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
40-17 provided by law, the County Court of Hemphill County has original
40-18 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
40-19 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
40-20 law.>
40-21 SECTION 88. Section 26.210, Government Code, is amended to
40-22 read as follows:
40-23 Sec. 26.210. Hockley County. The county court of Hockley
40-24 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
40-25 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
41-1 provided by law, the County Court of Hockley County has original
41-2 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
41-3 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
41-4 law.>
41-5 SECTION 89. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
41-6 adding a Section 26.214 to read as follows:
41-7 Sec. 26.214. Howard County. The county court of Howard
41-8 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
41-9 Subchapter D and other law.
41-10 SECTION 90. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
41-11 adding a Section 26.215 to read as follows:
41-12 Sec. 26.215. Hudspeth County. The county court of Hudspeth
41-13 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
41-14 Subchapter D and other law.
41-15 SECTION 91. Section 26.218, Government Code, is amended to
41-16 read as follows:
41-17 Sec. 26.218. Irion County. (a) The county court of Irion
41-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
41-19 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
41-20 provided by law, the County Court of Irion County has original
41-21 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil and
41-22 criminal matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction
41-23 under general law.>
41-24 (b) The terms of the county court begin on the first Mondays
41-25 in January, May, August, and November and continue for six weeks or
42-1 until the court has disposed of its business. The commissioners
42-2 court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
42-3 SECTION 92. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
42-4 adding a Section 26.219 to read as follows:
42-5 Sec. 26.219. Jack County. The county court of Jack County
42-6 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
42-7 D and other law.
42-8 SECTION 93. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
42-9 adding a Section 26.220 to read as follows:
42-10 Sec. 26.220. Jackson County. The county court of Jackson
42-11 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
42-12 Subchapter D and other law.
42-13 SECTION 94. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
42-14 adding a Section 26.221 to read as follows:
42-15 Sec. 26.221. Jasper County. The county court of Jasper
42-16 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
42-17 Subchapter D and other law.
42-18 SECTION 95. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
42-19 adding a Section 26.222 to read as follows:
42-20 Sec. 26.222. Jeff Davis County. The county court of Jeff
42-21 Davis County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred
42-22 by Subchapter D and other law.
42-23 SECTION 96. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
42-24 adding a Section 26.224 to read as follows:
42-25 Sec. 26.224. Jim Hogg County. The county court of Jim Hogg
43-1 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
43-2 Subchapter D and other law.
43-3 SECTION 97. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
43-4 adding a Section 26.225 to read as follows:
43-5 Sec. 26.225. Jim Wells County. The county court of Jim
43-6 Wells County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred
43-7 by Subchapter D and other law.
43-8 SECTION 98. Section 26.227, Government Code, is amended to
43-9 read as follows:
43-10 Sec. 26.227. Jones County. The county court of Jones County
43-11 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
43-12 D and other law. <The County Court of Jones County has the general
43-13 jurisdiction of a probate court and juvenile jurisdiction as
43-14 provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other civil jurisdiction.>
43-15 SECTION 99. Section 26.228, Government Code, is amended to
43-16 read as follows:
43-17 Sec. 26.228. Karnes County. The county court of Karnes
43-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
43-19 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
43-20 provided by law, the County Court of Karnes County has original
43-21 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
43-22 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
43-23 law.>
43-24 SECTION 100. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
43-25 adding a Section 26.229 to read as follows:
44-1 Sec. 26.229. Kaufman County. The county court of Kaufman
44-2 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
44-3 Subchapter D and other law.
44-4 SECTION 101. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
44-5 adding a Section 26.230 to read as follows:
44-6 Sec. 26.230. Kendall County. The county court of Kendall
44-7 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
44-8 Subchapter D and other law.
44-9 SECTION 102. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
44-10 adding a Section 26.231 to read as follows:
44-11 Sec. 26.231. Kenedy County. The county court of Kenedy
44-12 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
44-13 Subchapter D and other law.
44-14 SECTION 103. Section 26.232, Government Code, is amended to
44-15 read as follows:
44-16 Sec. 26.232. Kent County. The county court of Kent County
44-17 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
44-18 D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by
44-19 law, the County Court of Kent County has original concurrent
44-20 jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which
44-21 the justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
44-22 SECTION 104. Section 26.234, Government Code, is amended to
44-23 read as follows:
44-24 Sec. 26.234. Kimble County. The county court of Kimble
44-25 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
45-1 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
45-2 provided by law, the County Court of Kimble County has original
45-3 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil and
45-4 criminal matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction
45-5 under general law.>
45-6 SECTION 105. Section 26.235, Government Code, is amended to
45-7 read as follows:
45-8 Sec. 26.235. King County. The county court of King County
45-9 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
45-10 D and other law. <The County Court of King County has the general
45-11 jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil or criminal
45-12 jurisdiction except to receive and enter guilty pleas in
45-13 misdemeanor cases.>
45-14 SECTION 106. Section 26.238, Government Code, is amended to
45-15 read as follows:
45-16 Sec. 26.2385. Knox County. The county court of Knox County
45-17 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
45-18 D and other law. <The County Court of Knox County has the general
45-19 jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil or criminal
45-20 jurisdiction except to receive and enter guilty pleas in
45-21 misdemeanor cases.>
45-22 SECTION 107. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
45-23 adding a Section 26.239 to read as follows:
45-24 Sec. 26.239. Lamar County. The county court of Lamar County
45-25 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
46-1 D and other law.
46-2 SECTION 108. Section 26.241, Government Code, is amended to
46-3 read as follows:
46-4 Sec. 26.241. Lampasas County. (a) The county court of
46-5 Lampasas County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
46-6 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
46-7 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Lampasas County
46-8 begin on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October
46-9 and continue until the business is completed.
46-10 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
46-11 under Section 26.002.
46-12 SECTION 109. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
46-13 adding a Section 26.242 to read as follows:
46-14 Sec. 26.242. LaSalle County. The county court of LaSalle
46-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
46-16 Subchapter D and other law.
46-17 SECTION 110. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
46-18 adding a Section 26.243 to read as follows:
46-19 Sec. 26.243. Lavaca County. The county court of Lavaca
46-20 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
46-21 Subchapter D and other law.
46-22 SECTION 111. Section 26.244, Government Code, is amended to
46-23 read as follows:
46-24 Sec. 26.244. Lee County. The county court of Lee County is
46-25 authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D
47-1 and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law,
47-2 the County Court of Lee County has original concurrent jurisdiction
47-3 with the justice courts in all civil matters in which the justice
47-4 courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
47-5 SECTION 112. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
47-6 adding a Section 26.245 to read as follows:
47-7 Sec. 26.245. Leon County. The county court of Leon County
47-8 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
47-9 D and other law.
47-10 SECTION 113. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
47-11 adding a Section 26.247 to read as follows:
47-12 Sec. 26.247. Limestone County. The county court of
47-13 Limestone County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
47-14 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
47-15 SECTION 114. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
47-16 adding a Section 26.248 to read as follows:
47-17 Sec. 26.248. Lipscomb County. The county court of Lipscomb
47-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
47-19 Subchapter D and other law.
47-20 SECTION 115. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
47-21 adding a Section 26.249 to read as follows:
47-22 Sec. 26.249. Live Oak County. The county court of Live Oak
47-23 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
47-24 Subchapter D and other law.
47-25 SECTION 116. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
48-1 adding a Section 26.250 to read as follows:
48-2 Sec. 26.250. Llano County. The county court of Llano County
48-3 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
48-4 D and other law.
48-5 SECTION 117. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
48-6 adding a Section 26.251 to read as follows:
48-7 Sec. 26.251. Loving County. The county court of Loving
48-8 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
48-9 Subchapter D and other law.
48-10 SECTION 118. Section 26.253, Government Code, is amended to
48-11 read as follows:
48-12 Sec. 26.253. Lynn County. The county court of Lynn County
48-13 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
48-14 D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by
48-15 law, the County Court of Lynn County has original concurrent
48-16 jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which
48-17 the justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
48-18 SECTION 119. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
48-19 adding a Section 26.254 to read as follows:
48-20 Sec. 26.254. McCulloch County. The county court of
48-21 McCulloch County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
48-22 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
48-23 SECTION 120. Section 26.256, Government Code, is amended to
48-24 read as follows:
48-25 Sec. 26.256. McMullen County. The county court of McMullen
49-1 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
49-2 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
49-3 provided by law, the County Court of McMullen County has original
49-4 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
49-5 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
49-6 law.>
49-7 SECTION 121. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
49-8 adding a Section 26.257 to read as follows:
49-9 Sec. 26.257. Madison County. The county court of Madison
49-10 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
49-11 Subchapter D and other law.
49-12 SECTION 122. Section 26.258, Government Code, is amended to
49-13 read as follows:
49-14 Sec. 26.258. Marion County. The county court of Marion
49-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
49-16 Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of Marion County has
49-17 the general jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil
49-18 or criminal jurisdiction except juvenile jurisdiction as provided
49-19 by Section 26.042(b) and criminal jurisdiction to receive and enter
49-20 guilty pleas in misdemeanor cases.>
49-21 SECTION 123. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
49-22 adding a Section 26.259 to read as follows:
49-23 Sec. 26.259. Martin County. The county court of Martin
49-24 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
49-25 Subchapter D and other law.
50-1 SECTION 124. Section 26.260, Government Code, is amended to
50-2 read as follows:
50-3 Sec. 26.260. Mason County. The county court of Mason County
50-4 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
50-5 D and other law. <has:>
50-6 <(1) the general jurisdiction of a probate court;>
50-7 <(2) juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
50-8 24/042(b); and>
50-9 <(3) original and appellate jurisdiction in all
50-10 matters over which county courts have jurisdiction under the
50-11 constitution and laws of this state.>
50-12 SECTION 125. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
50-13 adding a Section 26.262 to read as follows:
50-14 Sec. 26.262. Maverick County. The county court of Maverick
50-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
50-16 Subchapter D and other law.
50-17 SECTION 126. Section 26.264, Government Code, is amended to
50-18 read as follows:
50-19 Sec. 26.264. Menard County. (a) The county court of Menard
50-20 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
50-21 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
50-22 provided by law, the County Court of Menard County has original
50-23 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil and
50-24 criminal matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction
50-25 under general law.>
51-1 (b) The terms of the county court begin on the first Mondays
51-2 in January, May, August, and November and continue for six weeks or
51-3 until the business is completed. The commissioners court may
51-4 change the court terms under Section 26.002.
51-5 SECTION 127. Section 26.267, Government Code, is amended to
51-6 read as follows:
51-7 Sec. 26.267. Mills County. The county court of Mills County
51-8 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
51-9 D and other law. <The County Court of Mills County has the general
51-10 jurisdiction of a probate court, general criminal jurisdiction, and
51-11 juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b), but has no
51-12 other civil jurisdiction.>
51-13 SECTION 128. Section 26.268, Government Code, is amended to
51-14 read as follows:
51-15 Sec. 26.268. Mitchell County. The county court of Mitchell
51-16 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
51-17 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
51-18 provided by law, the County Court of Mitchell County has original
51-19 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
51-20 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
51-21 law.>
51-22 SECTION 129. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
51-23 adding a Section 26.269 to read as follows:
51-24 Sec. 26.269. Montague County. The county court of Montague
51-25 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
52-1 Subchapter D and other law.
52-2 SECTION 130. Section 26.272, Government Code, is amended to
52-3 read as follows:
52-4 Sec. 26.272. Morris County. The county court of Morris
52-5 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
52-6 Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of Morris County has
52-7 the general jurisdiction of a probate court, general criminal
52-8 jurisdiction, and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
52-9 26.042(b), but has no other civil jurisdiction.>
52-10 SECTION 131. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
52-11 adding a Section 26.273 to read as follows:
52-12 Sec. 26.273. Motley County. The county court of Motley
52-13 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
52-14 Subchapter D and other law.
52-15 SECTION 132. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
52-16 adding a Section 26.276 to read as follows:
52-17 Sec. 26.276. Newton County. The county court of Newton
52-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
52-19 Subchapter D and other law.
52-20 SECTION 133. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
52-21 adding a Section 26.279 to read as follows:
52-22 Sec. 26.279. Ochiltree County. The county court of
52-23 Ochiltree County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
52-24 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
52-25 SECTION 134. Section 26.280, Government Code, is amended to
53-1 read as follows:
53-2 Sec. 26.280. Oldham County. (a) The county court of Oldham
53-3 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
53-4 Subchapter D and other law.
53-5 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Oldham County
53-6 begin on the fourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November
53-7 and continue until the court has disposed of its business.
53-8 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
53-9 under Section 26.002.
53-10 SECTION 135. Section 26.285, Government Code, is amended to
53-11 read as follows:
53-12 Sec. 26.285. Parmer County. The county court of Parmer
53-13 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
53-14 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
53-15 provided by law, the County Court of Parmer County has original
53-16 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
53-17 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
53-18 law.>
53-19 SECTION 136. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
53-20 adding a Section 26.286 to read as follows:
53-21 Sec. 26.286. Pecos County. The county court of Pecos County
53-22 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
53-23 D and other law.
53-24 SECTION 137. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
53-25 adding a Section 26.289 to read as follows:
54-1 Sec. 26.289. Presidio County. The county court of Presidio
54-2 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
54-3 Subchapter D and other law.
54-4 SECTION 138. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
54-5 adding a Section 26.290 to read as follows:
54-6 Sec. 26.290. Rains County. The county court of Rains County
54-7 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
54-8 D and other law.
54-9 SECTION 139. Section 26.292, Government Code, is amended to
54-10 read as follows:
54-11 Sec. 26.292. Reagan County. The county court of Reagan
54-12 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
54-13 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
54-14 provided by law, the County Court of Reagan County has original
54-15 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
54-16 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
54-17 law.>
54-18 SECTION 140. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
54-19 adding a Section 26.293 to read as follows:
54-20 Sec. 26.293. Real County. The county court of Real County
54-21 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
54-22 D and other law.
54-23 SECTION 141. Section 26.294, Government Code, is amended to
54-24 read as follows:
54-25 Sec. 26.294. Red River County. <(a)> The county court of
55-1 Red River County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
55-2 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <has:>
55-3 <(1) the general jurisdiction of a probate court;>
55-4 <(2) jurisdiction to enter orders providing for the
55-5 support of deserted wives or children, pendente lite, and to punish
55-6 violations of those orders;>
55-7 <(3) juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
55-8 26.042(b); and>
55-9 <(4) original criminal jurisdiction.>
55-10 <(b) the county court has no other civil jurisdiction or
55-11 appellate criminal jurisdiction.>
55-12 SECTION 142. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
55-13 adding a Section 26.296 to read as follows:
55-14 Sec. 26.296. Refugio County. The county court of Refugio
55-15 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
55-16 Subchapter D and other law.
55-17 SECTION 143. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
55-18 adding a Section 26.297 to read as follows:
55-19 Sec. 26.297. Roberts County. The county court of Roberts
55-20 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
55-21 Subchapter D and other law.
55-22 SECTION 144. Section 26.298, Government Code, is amended to
55-23 read as follows:
55-24 Sec. 26.298. Robertson County. The county court of
55-25 Robertson County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
56-1 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <has:>
56-2 <(1) the general jurisdiction of a probate court;>
56-3 <(2) juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
56-4 24/042(b); and>
56-5 <(3) original and appellate jurisdiction in all
56-6 matters over which county courts have jurisdiction under the
56-7 constitution and laws of this state.>
56-8 SECTION 145. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
56-9 adding a Section 26.299 to read as follows:
56-10 Sec. 26.299. Rockwall County. The county court of Rockwall
56-11 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
56-12 Subchapter D and other law.
56-13 SECTION 146. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
56-14 adding a Section 26.300 to read as follows:
56-15 Sec. 26.300. Runnels County. The county court of Runnels
56-16 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
56-17 Subchapter D and other law.
56-18 SECTION 147. Section 26.302, Government Code, is amended to
56-19 read as follows:
56-20 Sec. 26.302. Sabine County. (a) The county court of Sabine
56-21 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
56-22 Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of Sabine County has
56-23 the general jurisdiction of a probate court, general criminal
56-24 jurisdiction, and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section
56-25 26.042(b) but has no other civil jurisdiction.>
57-1 (b) The terms of the County Court of Sabine County begin on
57-2 the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October and may
57-3 continue for three weeks. The commissioners court may change the
57-4 court terms under Section 26.002.
57-5 SECTION 148. Section 26.303, Government Code, is amended to
57-6 read as follows:
57-7 Sec. 26.303. San Augustine County. The county court of San
57-8 Augustine County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
57-9 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of San
57-10 Augustine County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court,
57-11 general criminal jurisdiction, and juvenile jurisdiction as
57-12 provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other civil jurisdiction.>
57-13 SECTION 149. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
57-14 adding a Section 26.305 to read as follows:
57-15 Sec. 26.305. San Patricio County. The county court of San
57-16 Patricio County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
57-17 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
57-18 SECTION 150. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
57-19 adding a Section 26.306 to read as follows:
57-20 Sec. 26.306. San Saba County. The county court of San Saba
57-21 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
57-22 Subchapter D and other law.
57-23 SECTION 151. Section 26.307, Government Code, is amended to
57-24 read as follows:
57-25 Sec. 26.307. Schleicher County. The county court of
58-1 Schleicher County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
58-2 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other
58-3 jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Schleicher County
58-4 has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all
58-5 civil and criminal matters in which the justice courts have
58-6 jurisdiction under general law.>
58-7 SECTION 152. Section 26.308, Government Code, is amended to
58-8 read as follows:
58-9 Sec. 26.308. Scurry County. The county court of Scurry
58-10 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
58-11 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
58-12 provided by law, the County Court of Scurry County has original
58-13 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
58-14 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
58-15 law.>
58-16 SECTION 153. Section 26.300, Government Code, is amended to
58-17 read as follows:
58-18 Sec. 26.309. Shackelford County. The county court of
58-19 Shackelford County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
58-20 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of
58-21 Shackelford County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court
58-22 and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has
58-23 no other civil or criminal jurisdiction.>
58-24 SECTION 154. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
58-25 adding a Section 26.310 to read as follows:
59-1 Sec. 26.310. Shelby County. The county court of Shelby
59-2 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
59-3 Subchapter D and other law.
59-4 SECTION 155. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
59-5 adding a Section 26.311 to read as follows:
59-6 Sec. 26.311. Sherman County. The county court of Sherman
59-7 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
59-8 Subchapter D and other law.
59-9 SECTION 156. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
59-10 adding a Section 26.313 to read as follows:
59-11 Sec. 26.313. Somervell County. The county court of
59-12 Somervell County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
59-13 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
59-14 SECTION 157. Section 26.314, Government Code, is amended to
59-15 read as follows:
59-16 Sec. 26.314. Starr County. The county court of Starr County
59-17 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
59-18 D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by
59-19 law, the County Court of Starr County has original concurrent
59-20 jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which
59-21 the justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.>
59-22 SECTION 158. Section 26.315, Government Code, is amended to
59-23 read as follows:
59-24 Sec. 26.315. Stephens County. The county court of Stephens
59-25 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
60-1 Subchapter D and other law. <The County Court of Stephens County
60-2 has the general jurisdiction of a probate court and juvenile
60-3 jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other
60-4 civil or criminal jurisdiction.>
60-5 SECTION 159. Section 26.316, Government Code, is amended to
60-6 read as follows:
60-7 Sec. 26.316. Sterling County. The county court of Sterling
60-8 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
60-9 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
60-10 provided by law, the County Court of Sterling County has original
60-11 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil and
60-12 criminal matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction
60-13 under general law.>
60-14 SECTION 160. Section 26.317, Government Code, is amended to
60-15 read as follows:
60-16 Sec. 26.317. Stonewall County. (a) The county court of
60-17 Stonewall County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
60-18 conferred by Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other
60-19 jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Stonewall County
60-20 has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all
60-21 civil matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under
60-22 general law.>
60-23 (b) The terms of the county court continue until the court
60-24 has disposed of its business. The commissioners court may change
60-25 the court terms under Section 26.002.
61-1 SECTION 161. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
61-2 adding a Section 26.318 to read as follows:
61-3 Sec. 26.318. Sutton County. The county court of Sutton
61-4 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
61-5 Subchapter D and other law.
61-6 SECTION 162. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
61-7 adding a Section 26.319 to read as follows:
61-8 Sec. 26.319. Swisher County. The county court of Swisher
61-9 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
61-10 Subchapter D and other law.
61-11 SECTION 163. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
61-12 adding a Section 26.322 to read as follows:
61-13 Sec. 26.322. Terrell County. The county court of Terrell
61-14 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
61-15 Subchapter D and other law.
61-16 SECTION 164. Section 26.323, Government Code, is amended to
61-17 read as follows:
61-18 Sec. 26.323. Terry County. The county court of Terry County
61-19 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
61-20 D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction provided by
61-21 law, the County Court of Terry County has original concurrent
61-22 jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil and criminal
61-23 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
61-24 law.>
61-25 SECTION 165. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
62-1 adding a Section 26.324 to read as follows:
62-2 Sec. 26.324. Throckmorton County. The county court of
62-3 Throckmorton County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
62-4 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
62-5 SECTION 166. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
62-6 adding a Section 26.325 to read as follows:
62-7 Sec. 26.325. Titus County. The county court of Titus County
62-8 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
62-9 D and other law.
62-10 SECTION 167. Section 26.328, Government Code, is amended to
62-11 read as follows:
62-12 Sec. 26.328. Trinity County. (a) The county court of
62-13 Trinity County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred
62-14 by Subchapter D and other law.
62-15 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Trinity County
62-16 begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October and
62-17 continue for three weeks.
62-18 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
62-19 under Section 26.002.
62-20 SECTION 168. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
62-21 adding a Section 26.329 to read as follows:
62-22 Sec. 26.329. Tyler County. The county court of Tyler County
62-23 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
62-24 D and other law.
62-25 SECTION 169. Section 26.330, Government Code, is amended to
63-1 read as follows:
63-2 Sec. 26.330. Upshur County. (a) The County Court of Upshur
63-3 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
63-4 Subchapter D and other law. <has the general jurisdiction of a
63-5 probate court and has concurrent jurisdiction with the district
63-6 court in all other matters over which county courts are given
63-7 jurisdiction by the constitution and general laws of this state.>
63-8 <(b) All civil and criminal matters within the concurrent
63-9 jurisdiction of the county and district courts must be filed with
63-10 the county clerk in the county court.>
63-11 <(c) The county judge shall act as presiding judge between
63-12 the county and district courts and may assign to the district court
63-13 original or appellate cases that are within the concurrent
63-14 jurisdiction of the courts. The assignment shall be made by docket
63-15 notation.>
63-16 <(d) The county clerk shall perform all clerical functions
63-17 of the county court as to matters within the concurrent
63-18 jurisdiction of the county and district courts. The county clerk
63-19 shall charge the fees set by law for county courts in any case
63-20 within the court's concurrent jurisdiction.>
63-21 SECTION 170. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
63-22 adding a Section 26.331 to read as follows:
63-23 Sec. 26.331. Upton County. The county court of Upton County
63-24 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
63-25 D and other law.
64-1 SECTION 171. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
64-2 adding a Section 26.332 to read as follows:
64-3 Sec. 26.332. Uvalde County. The county court of Uvalde
64-4 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
64-5 Subchapter D and other law.
64-6 SECTION 172. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
64-7 adding a Section 26.334 to read as follows:
64-8 Sec. 26.334. Van Zandt County. The county court of Van
64-9 Zandt County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred
64-10 by Subchapter D and other law.
64-11 SECTION 173. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
64-12 adding a Section 26.338 to read as follows:
64-13 Sec. 26.338. Ward County. The county court of Ward County
64-14 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
64-15 D and other law.
64-16 SECTION 174. Section 26.342, Government Code, is amended to
64-17 read as follows:
64-18 Sec. 26.342. Wheeler County. The county court of Wheeler
64-19 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
64-20 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
64-21 provided by law, the County Court of Wheeler County has original
64-22 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
64-23 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
64-24 law.>
64-25 SECTION 175. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
65-1 adding a Section 26.344 to read as follows:
65-2 Sec. 26.344. Wilbarger County. The county court of
65-3 Wilbarger County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction
65-4 conferred by Subchapter D and other law.
65-5 SECTION 176. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
65-6 adding a Section 26.345 to read as follows:
65-7 Sec. 26.345. Willacy County. The county court of Willacy
65-8 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
65-9 Subchapter D and other law.
65-10 SECTION 177. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
65-11 adding a Section 26.347 to read as follows:
65-12 Sec. 26.347. Wilson County. The county court of Wilson
65-13 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
65-14 Subchapter D and other law.
65-15 SECTION 178. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
65-16 adding a Section 26.348 to read as follows:
65-17 Sec. 26.348. Winkler County. The county court of Winkler
65-18 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
65-19 Subchapter D and other law.
65-20 SECTION 179. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
65-21 adding a Section 26.350 to read as follows:
65-22 Sec. 26.350. Wood County. The county court of Wood County
65-23 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
65-24 D and other law.
65-25 SECTION 180. Section 26.351, Government Code, is amended to
66-1 read as follows:
66-2 Sec. 26.351. Yoakum County. The county court of Yoakum
66-3 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
66-4 Subchapter D and other law. <In addition to other jurisdiction
66-5 provided by law, the County Court of Yoakum County has original
66-6 concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil
66-7 matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general
66-8 law.>
66-9 SECTION 181. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
66-10 adding a Section 26.352 to read as follows:
66-11 Sec. 26.352. Young County. The county court of Young County
66-12 is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter
66-13 D and other law.
66-14 SECTION 182. Section 26.353, Government Code, is amended to
66-15 read as follows:
66-16 Sec. 26.353. Zapata County. (a) The county court of Zapata
66-17 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
66-18 Subchapter D and other law.
66-19 (b) <(a)> The terms of the County Court of Zapata County
66-20 begin on the third Mondays in February, May, September, and
66-21 November and continue for three weeks or until the court has
66-22 disposed of its business.
66-23 (c) <(b)> The commissioners court may change the court terms
66-24 under Section 26.002.
66-25 SECTION 183. Chapter 26, Government Code, is amended by
67-1 adding a Section 26.354 to read as follows:
67-2 Sec. 26.354. Zavala County. The county court of Zavala
67-3 County is authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
67-4 Subchapter D and other law.
67-5 SECTION 184. Subsections (a), (b), and (g), Section 53.001,
67-6 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
67-7 (a) The judges of the 22nd, 30th, 70th, 78th, 89th, 161st,
67-8 <and> 341st, 537th, and 538th district courts, the judges of the
67-9 district courts having jurisdiction in Taylor County, <the judges
67-10 of the county courts at law of Taylor County,> and the judges of
67-11 the County Court of Harrison County shall each appoint a bailiff.
67-12 The judge of the 297th District Court shall appoint two persons to
67-13 serve as bailiffs and one person to serve as grand jury bailiff.
67-14 (b) A district <or statutory county court> judge in Nueces
67-15 County shall appoint a bailiff.
67-16 (g) The judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in
67-17 Potter and Randall counties <and the judges of the county courts at
67-18 law in Potter County> shall each appoint a bailiff.
67-19 SECTION 185. Subsections (c) and (d) Section 53.002,
67-20 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
67-21 (c) The judges of the district courts, including family
67-22 district courts, having jurisdiction in El Paso County <and the
67-23 judges of the county courts at law in El Paso County> may each
67-24 appoint a person to serve the court as bailiff. A bailiff for s
67-25 district court that is composed of more than one county serves the
68-1 court in each county of the district.
68-2 (d) The judges of the 15th, <and> 59th, 445th, and 446th
68-3 district courts <and the judges of the statutory county courts in
68-4 Grayson County> may each appoint a bailiff.
68-5 SECTION 186. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 53.004,
68-6 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
68-7 (b) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in the 30th,
68-8 78th, 86th, 89th, 97th, 142nd, 238th, 318th, or 341st district
68-9 court, the County Court of Harrison County, a court described in
68-10 Section 53.002(c), a district court in Taylor County, <a county
68-11 court at law in Taylor County,> or bailiff or grand jury bailiff in
68-12 the 297th District Court, a person must be a resident of the county
68-13 in which the person serves the court and must be at least 21 years
68-14 old.
68-15 (c) A bailiff in the 15th, <or> 59th, 445th, or 446th
68-16 district court <or a statutory county court in Grayson County> must
68-17 be a citizen of the United States and a resident of Grayson County.
68-18 SECTION 187. Subsection (d), Section 53.006, Government
68-19 Code, is amended to read as follows:
68-20 (d) A bailiff appointed under Section 53.001(b) shall serve
68-21 as part of the security force for the district <and statutory
68-22 county courts> in the county and shall perform such other duties as
68-23 required by the judge of the court the bailiff serves.
68-24 SECTION 188. Subsections (a) and (c) Section 53.007,
68-25 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
69-1 (a) This section applies to:
69-2 (1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 142nd,
69-3 161st, 238th, 297th, 318th, and 341st district courts;
69-4 (2) the County Court of Harrison County;
69-5 (3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County;
69-6 (4) the district courts in Taylor County; and
69-7 (5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c),
69-8 53.002(d), or 53.002(e)<; and>
69-9 <(6) the county courts at law of Taylor County>.
69-10 (c) A request under this section by a judge of a court
69-11 listed in Section 53.001(d), 53.002(a), 53.002(c), or 53.002(e), by
69-12 the judges of the 297th and 341st district courts, or by the judge
69-13 of a district court in Taylor County<, or by the judge of a county
69-14 court at law of Taylor County> must be in writing.
69-15 SECTION 189. Section 53.008, Government Code, is amended to
69-16 read as follows:
69-17 Sec. 53.008. Oath. The bailiffs of the 22nd, 34th, 70th,
69-18 86th, 97th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 297th, 318th, and 341st district
69-19 courts the bailiffs of the courts described in Section 53.002(c),
69-20 53.002(d), or 53.002(e), the grand jury bailiff of the 297th
69-21 District Court, and the bailiffs of the district courts in Taylor
69-22 County<, and the bailiffs of the county courts at law of Taylor
69-23 County> shall each swear to the following oath, to be administered
69-24 by the judge: "I solemnly swear that I will faithfully and
69-25 impartially perform all duties as may be required of me by law, so
70-1 help me God."
70-2 SECTION 190. Subsections (a) and (g), Section ,
70-3 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
70-4 (a) Each bailiff appointed by a judge of the 30th, 78th, or
70-5 89th district court, or by a district judge in Potter, Randall, or
70-6 Taylor County<, or by a judge of a county court at law of Potter or
70-7 Taylor County> is entitled to receive a salary set by the judge and
70-8 approved by the commissioners court. The salary is paid out of the
70-9 general fund of the county, except in Potter County, where the
70-10 salary shall be set by the commissioners court.
70-11 (g) Each bailiff appointed by a judge of the 15th, <or>
70-12 59th, 445th, or 446th district court <or appointed by a statutory
70-13 county court judge in Grayson County> is entitled to receive from
70-14 the county a salary equal to the salary of a jailer employed by the
70-15 Grayson County sheriff.
70-16 SECTION 191. Section 54.201, Government Code, is amended to
70-17 read as follows:
70-18 Sec. 54.201. Application. This subchapter applies to the
70-19 district courts <and to the county courts at law that give
70-20 preference to criminal cases> in Jefferson County.
70-21 SECTION 192. Subsection (a), Section 61.001, Government
70-22 Code, is amended to read as follows:
70-23 (a) Each grand juror or petit juror in a civil or criminal
70-24 case in a district court, criminal district court, county court,
70-25 <county court at law,> or justice court is entitled to receive as
71-1 reimbursement for travel and other expenses an amount not less than
71-2 $6 nor more than $30 for each day or fraction of each day served as
71-3 a juror.
71-4 SECTION 193. Subsection (h), Section 62.001, Government
71-5 Code, is amended to read as follows:
71-6 (h) If the secretary of state is unable to furnish the list
71-7 as provided in this section because of the failure of the voter
71-8 registrar to furnish the county voter registration list to the
71-9 secretary of state, the county tax assessor-collector, sheriff,
71-10 <county clerk,> and district clerk in the county shall meet at the
71-11 county courthouse between January 1 and January 15 of the following
71-12 year and shall reconstitute the jury wheel for the county, except
71-13 as provided under a plan adopted under Section 62.011. The
71-14 deadlines included in the plan control for preparing the list and
71-15 reconstituting the wheel. The secretary of state shall send the
71-16 list furnished by the Department of Public Safety as provided by
71-17 Subsection (f) to the voter registrar, who shall combine the lists
71-18 as described in this section for use as the juror source and
71-19 certify the combined list as required of the secretary of state
71-20 under Subsection (g).
71-21 SECTION 194. Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), Section
71-22 62.004, Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
71-23 (a) The district <county> clerk and the sheriff of the
71-24 county shall draw the names of the prospective jurors for a county
71-25 court from the jury wheel in the presence and under the direction
72-1 of the county judge. The district clerk and the sheriff of the
72-2 county shall draw the names of the prospective jurors for a justice
72-3 or a district court from the jury wheel in the presence and under
72-4 the direction of the district judge.
72-5 (b) The <county or> district clerk and the sheriff shall
72-6 draw the names of prospective jurors from the jury wheel after the
72-7 wheel has been turned to thoroughly mix the jury wheel cards and
72-8 shall draw the names one by one if so directed by the judge in
72-9 whose presence the names are drawn. The names of prospective
72-10 jurors shall be drawn at least 10 days before the first day of the
72-11 term of court.
72-12 (c) The <county or> district clerk and the sheriff shall
72-13 draw as many jury lists as are required for the term of court.
72-14 They shall record the names that are drawn on as many lists as the
72-15 judge in whose presence the names are drawn considers necessary to
72-16 ensure an adequate number of jurors for the term.
72-17 (d) A deputy may represent the <county or> district clerk or
72-18 the sheriff at the drawing. Other persons may be present only as
72-19 provided by this subchapter.
72-20 SECTION 195. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 62.006,
72-21 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
72-22 (a) The <county or> district clerk or the clerk's deputy who
72-23 draws the names of prospective jurors and the judge in whose
72-24 presence the names were drawn for placement on jury lists shall
72-25 certify the jury lists to be the lists drawn for that term.
73-1 (c) The <county or> district clerk or the clerk's deputy who
73-2 draws the names shall write his name across the seal of each
73-3 envelope and deliver the envelopes to the judge in whose presence
73-4 the names were drawn.
73-5 SECTION 196. Subsection (b), Section 62.007, Government
73-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
73-7 (b) The judge shall return the envelope to the <county or>
73-8 district clerk or clerk's deputy on completion of his inspection
73-9 and may instruct the clerk or deputy to endorse on the envelope
73-10 that the jury for that week is to be summoned for a day other than
73-11 Monday of that week.
73-12 SECTION 197. Subsection (b), Section 62.008, Government
73-13 Code, is amended to read as follows:
73-14 (b) The <county or> district clerk<, as the case may be,>
73-15 shall retain unopened a sealed envelope containing jury wheel cards
73-16 in a secure manner until the jurors selected from the jury list
73-17 with names corresponding to those on the jury wheel cards in the
73-18 envelope are impaneled for jury service.
73-19 SECTION 198. Subsection (a), Section 62.012, Government
73-20 Code, is amended to read as follows:
73-21 (a) When a justice of the peace or a county or district
73-22 judge requires a jury for a particular week, the judge, within a
73-23 reasonable time before the prospective jurors are summoned, shall
73-24 notify the <county clerk, for a county court jury, or the> district
73-25 clerk, for a justice, county court, or district court jury, to open
74-1 the next consecutively numbered envelope containing a jury list
74-2 that is in the clerk's possession and has not been opened. The
74-3 judge shall also notify the clerk of the date that the prospective
74-4 jurors are to be summoned to appear for jury service.
74-5 SECTION 199. Subsection (a), Section 62.016, Government
74-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
74-7 (a) In each county with at least three district or criminal
74-8 district courts, the district judges shall meet and determine the
74-9 approximate number of prospective jurors that are reasonably
74-10 necessary for each week of the year for a general panel of jurors
74-11 for service in the county court, the justice courts, and all
74-12 district <and statutory county> courts of the county. A majority
74-13 of the district judges may act to carry out the provisions of this
74-14 section.
74-15 SECTION 200. Subsection (e), Section 62.017, Government
74-16 Code, is amended to read as follows:
74-17 (e) When impaneled, the prospective jurors constitute a
74-18 general jury panel for service as jurors in both district courts in
74-19 the county and shall be used interchangeably in those courts. With
74-20 the approval of both district judges, prospective jurors impaneled
74-21 under this section may constitute a general jury panel for service
74-22 as jurors in the justice courts<,> and the county court<, and all
74-23 statutory county courts in the county>, in addition to service as
74-24 jurors in both district courts, and in that event, shall be used
74-25 interchangeably in all district, justice, and county courts.
75-1 SECTION 201. Section 62.302, Government Code, is amended to
75-2 read as follows:
75-3 Sec. 62.302. Drawing Names for Jury Service in Certain
75-4 County Courts. (a) The county judge <or a judge of a county court
75-5 at law in a county with at least two county courts at law> may
75-6 order the drawing of names from the jury wheel if the judge
75-7 considers the number of prospective jurors already drawn to be
75-8 insufficient or if an interchangeable general jury panel is not
75-9 drawn as provided by Sections 62.016 and 62.017.
75-10 (b) The prospective jurors whose names are drawn as provided
75-11 by this section are available for service in the county court <and
75-12 county courts at law> and for the period of time reasonably
75-13 required for the trials in those courts.
75-14 (c) The county judge has <and a judge of a county court at
75-15 law concurrently have> the same power to determine and remedy a
75-16 deficiency in the number of prospective jurors as the district
75-17 judge designated to control a general jury panel as provided by
75-18 Section 62.016(f). Except as otherwise provided by this section,
75-19 the applicable general provisions in Subchapter A that govern the
75-20 drawing of names of prospective jurors by the district judge govern
75-21 the drawing of names under this section.
75-22 SECTION 202. Subsection (a) Section 74.048, Government Code,
75-23 is amended to read as follows:
75-24 (a) Once each year, the presiding judge shall call a regular
75-25 meeting of the district <and statutory county court> judges in the
76-1 administrative region at a time and place designated by the
76-2 presiding judge. In addition, the presiding judge may call a
76-3 special meeting of the judges at any time he considers necessary.
76-4 SECTION 203. Subsection (b), Section 74.051, Government
76-5 Code, is amended to read as follows:
76-6 (c) A presiding judge who is a retired or former district
76-7 judge or a retired appellate judge and who presides over an
76-8 administrative region with 30 or more district courts<, statutory
76-9 county courts,> and retired and former judges named on the list
76-10 maintained under Section 74.055 for the administrative region is
76-11 entitled to an annual salary for each fiscal year as follows:
76-12 Number of Courts and Judges Salary
76-13 30 to 49 $20,000
76-14 50 to 69 $25,000
76-15 70 to 89 $30,000
76-16 90 or more $35,000
76-17 SECTION 204. Section 74.054, Government Code, is amended to
76-18 read as follows:
76-19 Sec. 74.054. Judges Subject to Assignment. (a) Except as
76-20 provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the following judges may be
76-21 assigned as provided by this chapter by the presiding judge of the
76-22 administrative region in which the assigned judge resides:
76-23 (1) a regular district<,> or constitutional county<,
76-24 or statutory county court> judge in this state;
76-25 (2) a district or appellate judge who is a retiree
77-1 under Subtitle D or E of Title 8, who has consented to be subject
77-2 to assignment, and who is on the list maintained by the presiding
77-3 judge under this chapter;
77-4 (3) a former district or appellate judge or retired or
77-5 former statutory county court judge who certifies to the presiding
77-6 judge a willingness to serve and who is on the list maintained by
77-7 the presiding judge as required by this chapter;
77-8 (4) a retiree or a former judge whose last judicial
77-9 office before retirement was justice or judge of the supreme court,
77-10 the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals and who has
77-11 been assigned by the chief justice to the administrative judicial
77-12 region in which the retiree or former judge resides for
77-13 reassignment by the presiding judge of that region to a district
77-14 <or statutory county> court in the region; and
77-15 (5) an active court of appeals justice who has had
77-16 trial court experience.
77-17 (b) <A regular statutory county court judge may not be
77-18 assigned to hear a matter pending in a district court outside the
77-19 county of the judge's residence.>
77-20 <(c)> A constitutional county court judge may only be
77-21 assigned to sit for another constitutional county court judge and
77-22 must be a licensed attorney in this state.
77-23 SECTION 205. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 74.059,
77-24 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
77-25 (b) A judge shall extend the regular terms of the court, or
78-1 call the special terms, that are necessary to carry out the
78-2 purposes of this chapter and to dispose of pending litigation. If
78-3 a term is extended, the other terms of the court may be opened and
78-4 held as usual, and a term of court in that district does not fail
78-5 because of the extension. By entering an order on the minutes of
78-6 the court, the judge of a district court <or statutory county
78-7 court> or a judge assigned by the presiding judge may convene a
78-8 special term of the court for the trial of cases, the entry of
78-9 orders, and the disposition of the business before the court.
78-10 (c) A district <or statutory county court> judge shall:
78-11 (1) diligently discharge the administrative
78-12 responsibilities of the office;
78-13 (2) rule on a case within 90 days after the case is
78-14 taken under advisement;
78-15 (3) request the presiding judge to assign another
78-16 judge to hear a motion relating to the recusal of the judge from a
78-17 case pending in his court; and
78-18 (4) if an election contest or a suit for the removal
78-19 of a local official is filed in his court, request the presiding
78-20 judge to assign another judge who is not a resident of the county
78-21 to hold a regular or special term of court in that county to
78-22 dispose of the suit.
78-23 SECTION 206. Subsections (e), and (f), Section 74.061,
78-24 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
78-25 (e) When a district<,> or constitutional county<, or
79-1 statutory county> court judge is assigned under this chapter to a
79-2 court outside his own district or county, the judge, in addition to
79-3 all other compensation authorized by law, is entitled to receive
79-4 his actual expenses in going to and returning from his assignment
79-5 and his actual living expenses while in the performance of his
79-6 duties under the assignment. The county in which the duties are
79-7 performed shall pay the expenses out of the general fund of the
79-8 county on accounts certified and approved by the presiding judge of
79-9 the administrative region for that county.
79-10 (f) When a district<,> or constitutional county<, or
79-11 statutory county> court judge is assigned under this chapter to a
79-12 court outside his own district or county, the judge, in addition to
79-13 all other compensation and expenses authorized by law, is entitled
79-14 to receive a per diem of $25 for each day or fraction of a day that
79-15 the judge spends outside his district or county in the performance
79-16 of his duties under the assignment. The state shall pay the per
79-17 diem in the same manner that it pays the judge's salary on
79-18 certificates of approval by the chief justice or the presiding
79-19 judge of the administrative region in which the judge resides.
79-20 SECTION 207. Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Government Code, is
79-21 amended to read as follows:
79-22 SUBCHAPTER D. ADMINISTRATION BY DISTRICT <COUNTY>
79-23 Sec. 74.091. Local Administrative <District> Judge.
79-24 (a) There is a local administrative <district> judge in each
79-25 judicial district <county>.
80-1 (b) In a district <county> with two or more district judges
80-2 <courts>, those <the> judges <of those courts> shall elect a
80-3 district judge as local administrative <district> judge for a term
80-4 of not more than two years. The local administrative <district>
80-5 judge may not be elected on the basis of rotation or seniority.
80-6 (c) In a district <county> with only one district judge, the
80-7 district judge serves as the local administrative <district> judge.
80-8 <Sec. 74.0911. Local Administrative Statutory County Court
80-9 Judge. (a) There is a local administrative statutory county court
80-10 judge in each county that has a statutory county court.>
80-11 <(b) In a county with two or more statutory county courts,
80-12 the judges of those courts shall elect a statutory county court
80-13 judge as local administrative statutory county court judge for a
80-14 term of not more than two years. A local administrative statutory
80-15 county court judge may not be elected on the basis of rotation or
80-16 seniority.>
80-17 <(c) In a county with only one statutory county court, the
80-18 statutory county court judge serves as the local administrative
80-19 statutory county court judge.>
80-20 Sec. 74.092. Duties of Local Administrative Judge. A local
80-21 administrative judge, for the courts for which the judge serves as
80-22 local administrative judge, shall:
80-23 (1) assign a judge to one or more divisions provided
80-24 by district rule for a term of at least one year unless the local
80-25 administrative judge determines for good cause, including the
81-1 efficient administration of justice, that an assignment should be
81-2 for a shorter period of time;
81-3 (2) implement and execute the district <local> rules
81-4 of administration, including the assignment, docketing, transfer,
81-5 and hearing of cases;
81-6 (3) <(2)> appoint any special or standing committees
81-7 necessary or desirable for court management and administration;
81-8 (4) <(3)> promulgate district <local> rules of
81-9 administration if the other judges do not act by a majority vote;
81-10 (5) <(4)> recommend to the regional presiding judge
81-11 any needs for assignment from outside the district <county> to
81-12 dispose of court caseloads;
81-13 (6) <(5)> supervise the expeditious movement of court
81-14 caseloads, subject to district <local>, regional, and state rules
81-15 of administration;
81-16 (7) <(6)> provide the supreme court and the office of
81-17 court administration requested statistical and management
81-18 information;
81-19 (8) <(7)> set the hours and places for holding court
81-20 in the district <county>;
81-21 (9) <(8)> supervise the employment and performance of
81-22 nonjudicial personnel;
81-23 (10) <(9)> supervise the budget and fiscal matters of
81-24 the court <local courts>, subject to district <local> rules of
81-25 administration;
82-1 <(10) coordinate and cooperate with any other local
82-2 administrative judge in the district in the assignment of cases in
82-3 the courts' concurrent jurisdiction for the efficient operation of
82-4 the court system and the effective administration of justice;> and
82-5 (11) perform other duties as may be directed by law,
82-6 order of the supreme court, the chief justice or a regional
82-7 presiding judge.
82-8 Sec. 74.093. Rules of Administration. (a) The district
82-9 <and statutory county court> judges in each district <county>
82-10 shall, by majority vote, adopt district <local> rules of
82-11 administration.
82-12 (b) The rules must provide for:
82-13 (1) assignment, docketing, transfer, and hearing of
82-14 all cases<, subject to jurisdictional limitations of the district
82-15 courts and statutory county courts>;
82-16 (2) <designation of court divisions or branches
82-17 responsible for certain matters;>
82-18 <(3)> holding court at least once a week in each <the>
82-19 county in the district unless in the opinion of the local
82-20 administrative judge sessions at other intervals will result in
82-21 more efficient court administration;
82-22 (3) <(4)> fair and equitable division of caseloads;
82-23 and
82-24 (4) <(5)> plans for judicial vacation, sick leave,
82-25 attendance at educational programs, and similar matters.
83-1 (c) The rules may provide for:
83-2 (1) designation of court divisions to give priority to
83-3 certain types of cases;
83-4 (2) designation of court branches at locations
83-5 convenient for litigants and counsel;
83-6 (3) the selection and authority of a presiding judge
83-7 of a division <the courts> giving preference to a specified class
83-8 of cases, such as civil, criminal, juvenile, <or> family law, or
83-9 probate cases<, to implement the district rules for the assignment,
83-10 docketing, transfer, and hearing of all cases in the division, and
83-11 to perform such other duties assigned by law, by order of the
83-12 supreme court, by district rules, or by order of the local
83-13 administrative judge>; and
83-14 (4) <(2)> any other matter necessary to carry out this
83-15 chapter or to improve the administration and management of the
83-16 court system and its auxiliary services.
83-17 (d) In any district with three or more judges, the rules
83-18 must establish a probate division and a juvenile division. In any
83-19 district with ten or more judges, the rules must establish a felony
83-20 division and a misdemeanor division. In any district with forty or
83-21 more judges, the rules must establish a family division. <Rules
83-22 relating to the transfer of cases or proceedings shall not allow
83-23 the transfer of cases from one court to another unless the cases
83-24 are within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is
83-25 transferred. When a case is transferred from one court to another
84-1 as provided under this section, all processes, writs, bonds,
84-2 recognizances, or other obligations issued from the transferring
84-3 court are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred
84-4 as if originally issued by that court.>
84-5 Sec. 74.094. Hearing Cases. (a) A district <or statutory
84-6 county court> judge may hear and determine a matter pending before
84-7 any judge of the <in any district or statutory county> court <in
84-8 the county> regardless of whether the matter is preliminary or
84-9 final or whether there is a judgment in the matter. The judge may
84-10 sign a judgment or order <in any of the courts> regardless of
84-11 whether the case has been assigned to or <is> transferred to the
84-12 judge. The judgment, order, or action is valid and binding as if
84-13 the case were pending before a judge who had previously acted <in
84-14 the court of the judge who acts> in the matter. The authority of
84-15 this subsection applies to an active, former, or retired judge
84-16 assigned to a court having jurisdiction as provided by Subchapter
84-17 C.
84-18 (b) The judges shall try any case and hear any proceeding as
84-19 assigned by the local administrative judge.
84-20 (c) The clerk shall file, docket, transfer, and assign the
84-21 cases as directed by the local administrative judge in accordance
84-22 with the district <local> rules.
84-23 (d) Judges of district courts <and statutory county courts>
84-24 may serve as masters and magistrates of courts, other than their
84-25 own, subject to other provisions of law and court rules.
85-1 Sec. 74.096. Term of Court. The terms of all courts covered
85-2 by this subchapter begin on the first Monday in January and the
85-3 first Monday in July of each year, except as may otherwise be
85-4 provided by law. Each term of court continues until the next
85-5 succeeding term begins.
85-6 SECTION 208. Section 74.101, Government Code, is amended to
85-7 read as follows:
85-8 Sec. 74.101. Court Managers and Coordinators. (a) In any
85-9 county with 100,000 or more population, each <The local
85-10 administrative judge and each> district <or statutory county court>
85-11 judge shall <may establish a court coordinator system and> appoint
85-12 a court coordinator <for his court> to improve justice and expedite
85-13 the processing of cases through the courts.
85-14 (b) A local administrative judge in any district court with
85-15 two or more judges located in a county with 100,000 or more
85-16 population may appoint a court manager to coordinate the work of
85-17 the court coordinators and perform other administrative duties
85-18 assigned by the local administrative judge.
85-19 (c) Each court coordinator and court manager serves at the
85-20 pleasure of the appointing judge <who appointed him>.
85-21 SECTION 209. Section 74.102, Government Code, is amended to
85-22 read as follows:
85-23 Sec. 74.102. Duties. (a) The courts by district <local>
85-24 administrative rule shall designate the duties of the court
85-25 coordinators and court managers.
86-1 (b) To promote uniform and efficient administration of
86-2 justice in this state, the court coordinators and court managers
86-3 shall cooperate with regional presiding and local administrative
86-4 judges and state agencies having duties in the area of the
86-5 operation of the courts.
86-6 SECTION 210. Section 74.104, Government Code, is amended to
86-7 read as follows:
86-8 Sec. 74.104. Compensation. (a) The base salary from the
86-9 state for court coordinators is determined in the acts
86-10 appropriating funds for the support of the judiciary. The judges
86-11 shall determine reasonable county supplemental compensation for the
86-12 court coordinators, subject to approval of the commissioners courts
86-13 of the judicial district <court>.
86-14 (b) The local administrative judge shall determine
86-15 reasonable compensation for a court manager, subject to approval of
86-16 the commissioners courts of the judicial district.
86-17 (c) Upon approval by the commissioners courts <court> of the
86-18 positions <position> and compensation, the commissioners courts
86-19 <court of the county> shall provide the necessary funding through
86-20 the counties' <county's> budget process. County funds may be
86-21 supplemented in whole or part through public or private grants.
86-22 SECTION 211. Section 74.121, Government Code, is amended to
86-23 read as follows:
86-24 Sec. 74.121. Transfer of Cases; Exchange of Benches.
86-25 (a) The judges of district courts, constitutional county courts,
87-1 <statutory county courts,> justice courts, and small claims courts
87-2 in a county may transfer cases to and from the dockets of their
87-3 respective courts, except that a case may not be transferred from
87-4 one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court
87-5 to which it is transferred and may not be transferred unless it is
87-6 within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.
87-7 The judges of those courts within a county may exchange benches and
87-8 courtrooms with each other so that if one is absent, disabled, or
87-9 disqualified, the other may hold court for him without the
87-10 necessity of transferring the case. Either judge may hear all or
87-11 any part of a case pending in court and may rule and enter orders
87-12 on and continue, determine, or render judgment on all or any part
87-13 of the case without the necessity of transferring it to his own
87-14 docket. A judge may not sit or act in a case unless it is within
87-15 the jurisdiction of his court. Each judgment and order shall be
87-16 entered in the minutes of the court in which the case is pending.
87-17 (b) <The judge of a statutory county court may transfer a
87-18 case to the docket of the district court, except that a case may
87-19 not be transferred without the consent of the judge of the court to
87-20 which it is being transferred and may not be transferred unless it
87-21 is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.>
87-22 <(c)> When a case is transferred from one court to another
87-23 as provided by this section, all processes, writs, bonds,
87-24 recognizances, or other obligations issued from the transferring
87-25 court are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred
88-1 as if originally issued by that court. The obligees in all bonds
88-2 and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a case is
88-3 transferred, are required to appear before the court to which the
88-4 case is transferred as if originally required to appear before the
88-5 court to which the transfer is made.
88-6 SECTION 212. Subsection (a), Section 75.003, Government
88-7 Code, is amended to read as follows:
88-8 (a) A former judge whose last judicial office before leaving
88-9 active service was justice or judge of the supreme court, the court
88-10 of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals is, with the former
88-11 judge's consent to each assignment, subject to assignment by the
88-12 chief justice of the supreme court:
88-13 (1) to sit on an appellate<,> or district<, or
88-14 statutory county> court; and
88-15 (2) to the administrative region in which the former
88-16 judge resides for reassignment by the presiding judge of that
88-17 region to a district <or statutory county> court within the region.
88-18 SECTION 213. Section 75.115, Government Code, is amended to
88-19 read as follows:
88-20 Sec. 75.115. Continuing Judicial Education. A senior
88-21 district judge must be able to demonstrate yearly that the judge
88-22 participated in the preceding 12 months in at least the number of
88-23 hours of instruction in continuing judicial education required by
88-24 the Rules of Judicial Education adopted by the supreme court for
88-25 active appellate<,> and district<, and statutory county court>
89-1 judges. Failure to meet this criterion is grounds for denying
89-2 reappointment as a senior district court judge.
89-3 SECTION 214. Section 75.501, Government Code, is amended to
89-4 read as follows:
89-5 Sec. 75.501. Application. This Act applies to the district
89-6 courts <and to the county courts at law that give preference to
89-7 criminal cases> in Jefferson County.
89-8 SECTION 215. Section 118.051, Local Government Code, is
89-9 amended to read as follows:
89-10 Sec. 118.051. Clerical Duties. The fees listed in this
89-11 subchapter for <county civil court dockets under Section 118.052(1)
89-12 and county> probate <court> dockets under Section 118.052(1)
89-13 <118.052(2)> are fees for all clerical duties performed in
89-14 connection with the docket, including:
89-15 (1) filing, registering or recording, docketing, and
89-16 taxing costs for an application, will, complaint, petition, return,
89-17 document, or proceeding;
89-18 (2) issuing and recording the return of a citation,
89-19 notice, subpoena, commission to take depositions, <execution while
89-20 the docket is still open (civil docket), garnishment before
89-21 judgment (civil docket),> order, writ, process, or any other
89-22 document authorized or required to be issued by the clerk on which
89-23 a return must be recorded;
89-24 (3) attendances in court as clerk of the court;
89-25 (4) <impaneling a jury (civil docket);>
90-1 <(5)> swearing witnesses;
90-2 (5) <(6)> approving bonds involved in court action;
90-3 and
90-4 (6) <(7)> administering oaths.
90-5 SECTION 216. Section 118.052, Local Government Code, is
90-6 amended to read as follows:
90-7 Sec. 118.052. Fee Schedule. Each district clerk <of a
90-8 county court> shall collect the following fees for services
90-9 rendered to any person:
90-10 (1) <Civil Court Actions>
90-11 <(A) Filing of Original Action (Sec. 118.053):>
90-12 <(i) Garnishment after judgment ..... $15.00>
90-13 <(ii) All others .................... $40.00>
90-14 <(B) Filing of Action Other than Original (Sec.
90-15 118.054) ............................. $30.00>
90-16 <(C) Services Rendered After Judgment in Original
90-17 Action (Sec. 118.0545):>
90-18 <(i) Abstract of judgment ........... $ 5.00>
90-19 <(ii) Execution, order of sale, writ, or
90-20 other process .................. $ 5.00>
90-21 <(2)> Probate Court Actions
90-22 (A) Probate Original Action (Sec. 118.055):
90-23 (i) Probate of a will with independent
90-24 executor, administration with will
90-25 attached, administration of an estate,
91-1 guardianship or receivership of an
91-2 estate, or muniment of title .... $35.00
91-3 (ii) Community survivors ............ $20.00
91-4 (iii) Small estates ................. $10.00
91-5 (iv) Affidavits of heirship ......... $10.00
91-6 (v) Mental health or chemical dependency
91-7 services ........................ $40.00
91-8 (vi) Additional, special fee (Sec. 118.064)
91-9 ................................ $ 3.00
91-10 (B) Services in Pending Probate Action (Sec.
91-11 118.056):
91-12 (i) Filing and recording a document: for
91-13 the first page .................. $ 3.00
91-14 for each additional page or part of a
91-15 page ............................ $ 2.00
91-16 (ii) Approving and recording bond ... $ 3.00
91-17 (iii) Administering oath ............ $ 2.00
91-18 (C) Adverse Probate Action (Sec. 118.057)
91-19 ...................................... $35.00
91-20 (D) Claim Against Estate (Sec. 118.058) .. $ 2.00
91-21 (3) Other Fees
91-22 (A) Issuing Document Requiring a Return, No
91-23 Pending Action (Sec. 118.059):
91-24 original document and one copy ....... $ 4.00
91-25 each additional set of an original and one
92-1 copy ................................. $ 4.00
92-2 (B) Certified Papers, No Return Required (Sec.
92-3 118.060):
92-4 for the clerk's certificate .......... $ 1.00
92-5 plus a fee per page or part of a page of
92-6 ...................................... $ 1.00
92-7 (C) Letters Testamentary, Letter of Guardianship,
92-8 Letter of Administration, or Abstract of
92-9 Judgment (Sec. 118.061) .............. $ 2.00
92-10 (D) Safekeeping of Wills (Sec. 118.062) .. $ 5.00
92-11 (E) Mail Service of Process (Sec. 118.063)
92-12 ............................. same as sheriff
92-13 SECTION 217. Subsection (b), Section 118.055, Local
92-14 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
92-15 (b) The fee for affidavits of heirship includes the filing
92-16 of the affidavit, after approval by the judge, in the small estates
92-17 records of the district <county> clerk's office.
92-18 SECTION 218. Subsections (e) and (j), Section 52.092,
92-19 Election Code, are amended to read as follows:
92-20 (e) County offices shall be listed in the following order:
92-21 (1) county judge;
92-22 (2) <judge, county court at law;>
92-23 <(3) judge, county criminal court;>
92-24 <(4) judge, county probate court;>
92-25 <(5)> county attorney;
93-1 (3) <(6)> district clerk;
93-2 (4) <(7)> district and county clerk;
93-3 (5) <(8)> county clerk;
93-4 (6) <(9)> sheriff;
93-5 (7) <(10)> sheriff and tax assessor-collector;
93-6 (8) <(11)> county tax assessor-collector;
93-7 (9) <(12)> county treasurer;
93-8 (10) <(13)> county school trustee (county with
93-9 population of two million or more);
93-10 (11) <(14)> county surveyor;
93-11 (12) <(15)> inspector of hides and animals.
93-12 <(j) The office of judge of a multicounty statutory county
93-13 court created under Subchapter D, Chapter 25, Government Code, is
93-14 considered to be a county office for purposes of listing the office
93-15 on the ballot and to be a district office for all other purposes
93-16 under this code.>
93-17 SECTION 219. Subsection (a), Section 172.024, Election Code,
93-18 is amended to read as follows:
93-19 (a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
93-20 general primary election is as follows:
93-21 (1) United States senator ..................... $4,000
93-22 (2) office elected statewide, except United States
93-23 senator ..................................................... 3,000
93-24 (3) United States representative ............... 2,500
93-25 (4) state senator .............................. 1,000
94-1 (5) state representative ......................... 600
94-2 (6) member, State Board of Education ............. 250
94-3 (7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
94-4 than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) ................. 1,500
94-5 (8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals
94-6 that serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a
94-7 population of more than 850,000 is wholly or partly situated
94-8 ............................................................. 2,000
94-9 (9) district judge or judge specified by Section
94-10 52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
94-11 fee ......................................................... 1,200
94-12 (10) district or criminal district judge of a court in
94-13 a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population
94-14 of more than 850,000 ........................................ 2,000
94-15 (11) <judge, statutory county court, other than a
94-16 judge specified by Subdivision (12) ......................... 1,200>
94-17 <(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county
94-18 with a population of more than 850,000 ...................... 2,000>
94-19 <(13)> district attorney, criminal district attorney,
94-20 or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney
94-21 ............................................................. 1,000
94-22 (12) <(14)> county commissioner or judge,
94-23 constitutional county court:
94-24 (A) county with a population of 200,000 or more
94-25 ....................................... 1,000
95-1 (B) county with a population of under 200,000
95-2 ......................................... 600
95-3 (13) <(15)> justice of the peace or constable:
95-4 (A) county with a population of 200,000 or more
95-5 ......................................... 800
95-6 (B) county with a population of under 200,000
95-7 ......................................... 300
95-8 (14) <(16)> county surveyor, inspector of hides and
95-9 animals, or public weigher ..................................... 50
95-10 (15) <(17)> office of the county government for which
95-11 this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee .............. 600
95-12 SECTION 220. Section 4, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
95-13 read as follows:
95-14 Sec. 4. Jurisdiction of County Court With Respect to Probate
95-15 Proceedings. In those counties in which the county court is
95-16 authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D,
95-17 Chapter 26, Government Code, and other law, the <The> county court
95-18 shall have the general jurisdiction of a probate court. It shall
95-19 probate wills, appoint guardians of minors and incompetents, grant
95-20 letters testamentary and of administration and guardianship, settle
95-21 accounts of personal representatives, and transact all business
95-22 appertaining to estates subject to administration or guardianship,
95-23 including the settlement, partition, and distribution of such
95-24 estates. It may also appoint guardians for other persons where it
95-25 is necessary that a guardian be appointed to receive funds from any
96-1 governmental source or agency.
96-2 SECTION 221. Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f), Section 5,
96-3 Texas Probate Code, are amended to read as follows:
96-4 (b) In those counties in which the county court is
96-5 authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D,
96-6 Chapter 26, Government Code, and other law, <where there is no
96-7 statutory probate court, county court at law or other statutory
96-8 court exercising the jurisdiction of a probate court,> all
96-9 applications, petitions and motions regarding probate,
96-10 administrations, guardianships, limited guardianships, and mental
96-11 illness matters shall be filed and heard in the county court,
96-12 except that in contested probate matters, the judge of the county
96-13 court may on his own motion (or shall on the motion of any party to
96-14 the proceeding, according to the motion) request as provided by
96-15 Section 25.0022, Government Code, the assignment of a district
96-16 <statutory probate> judge to hear the contested portion of the
96-17 proceeding, or transfer the contested portion of the proceeding to
96-18 the district court, which may then hear contested matter as if
96-19 originally filed in district court. The county court shall
96-20 continue to exercise jurisdiction over the management of the estate
96-21 with the exception of the contested matter until final disposition
96-22 of the contested matter is made by the assigned judge or the
96-23 district court. In contested matters transferred to the district
96-24 court in those counties, the district court, concurrently with the
96-25 county court, shall have the general jurisdiction of a probate
97-1 court. Upon resolution of all pending contested matters, the
97-2 contested portion of the probate proceeding shall be transferred by
97-3 the district court to the county court for further proceedings not
97-4 inconsistent with the orders of the district court. <If a
97-5 contested portion of the proceeding is transferred to a district
97-6 court under this subsection, the clerk of the district court may
97-7 perform in relation to the transferred portion of the proceeding
97-8 any function a county clerk may perform in that type of contested
97-9 proceeding.>
97-10 (c) In those counties in which the county court is not
97-11 authorized to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by Subchapter D,
97-12 Chapter 26, Government Code, and other law, <where there is a
97-13 statutory probate court, county court at law, or other statutory
97-14 court exercising the jurisdiction of a probate court,> all
97-15 applications, petitions and motions regarding probate,
97-16 administrations, guardianships, limited guardianships, and mental
97-17 illness matters shall be filed and heard in <such courts and the
97-18 constitutional county court, rather than in> the district courts,
97-19 <unless otherwise provided by the legislature, and the judges of
97-20 such courts may hear any of such matters sitting for the judge of
97-21 any of such courts. In contested probate matters, the judge of the
97-22 constitutional county court may on his own motion, and shall on the
97-23 motion of any party to the proceeding, transfer the proceeding to
97-24 the statutory probate court, county court at law, or other
97-25 statutory court exercising the jurisdiction of a probate court,
98-1 which may then hear the proceeding as if originally filed in such
98-2 court.>
98-3 (d) <A statutory probate court has concurrent jurisdiction
98-4 with the district court in all actions by or against a person in
98-5 the person's capacity as a personal representative, in all actions
98-6 involving an inter vivos trust, in all actions involving a
98-7 charitable trust, and in all actions involving a testamentary
98-8 trust.>
98-9 <(f)> All final orders of any court exercising original
98-10 probate jurisdiction shall be appealable to the courts of appeals.
98-11 SECTION 222. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 5A, Texas
98-12 Probate Code, are amended to read as follows:
98-13 (a) In proceedings in the <constitutional> county courts
98-14 <and statutory county courts at law>, the phrases "appertaining to
98-15 estates" and "incident to an estate" in this Code include the
98-16 probate of wills, the issuance of letters testamentary and of
98-17 administration, the determination of heirship, and also include,
98-18 but are not limited to, all claims by or against an estate, all
98-19 actions for trial of title to land incident to an estate and for
98-20 the enforcement of liens thereon incident to an estate, all actions
98-21 for trial of the right of property incident to an estate, and
98-22 actions to construe wills, and generally all matters relating to
98-23 the settlement, partition, and distribution of estates of wards and
98-24 deceased persons.
98-25 (b) In proceedings in the <statutory probate courts and>
99-1 district courts, the phrases "appertaining to estates" and
99-2 "incident to an estate" in this Code include the probate of wills,
99-3 the issuance of letters testamentary and of administration, and the
99-4 determination of heirship, and also include, but are not limited
99-5 to, all claims by or against an estate, all actions for trial of
99-6 title to land and for the enforcement of liens thereon, all actions
99-7 for trial of the right of property, all actions to construe wills,
99-8 the interpretation and administration of testamentary trusts and
99-9 the applying of constructive trusts, and generally all matters
99-10 relating to the settlement, partition, and distribution of estates
99-11 of wards and deceased persons. <All statutory probate courts may,
99-12 in the exercise of their jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other
99-13 provisions of this Code, hear all suits, actions, and applications
99-14 filed against or on behalf of any guardianship, heirship
99-15 proceeding, or decedent's estate, including estates administered by
99-16 an independent executor.> This subsection shall be construed in
99-17 conjunction with and in harmony with Section 145 and all other
99-18 sections of this Code dealing with independent executors, but shall
99-19 not be construed so as to increase permissible judicial control
99-20 over independent executors. <All statutory probate courts shall
99-21 have the same powers over independent executors that are
99-22 exercisable by the district courts. In situations where the
99-23 jurisdiction of a statutory probate court is concurrent with that
99-24 of a district court, any cause of action appertaining to estates or
99-25 incident to an estate shall be brought in a statutory probate court
100-1 rather than in the district court.>
100-2 SECTION 223. Section 5B, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
100-3 read as follows:
100-4 Sec. 5B. Transfer of Proceeding. A judge of a district
100-5 <statutory probate> court on the motion of a party to the action or
100-6 on the motion of a person interested in an estate, may transfer to
100-7 the district <his> court from a <district,> county<, or statutory>
100-8 court a cause of action appertaining to or incident to an estate
100-9 pending in the district <statutory probate> court and may
100-10 consolidate the transferred cause of action with the other
100-11 proceedings in the district <statutory probate> court relating to
100-12 that estate.
100-13 SECTION 224. Section 11, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
100-14 read as follows:
100-15 Sec. 11. Applications and Other Papers to be Filed With
100-16 Clerk. All applications for probate proceedings, complaints,
100-17 petitions and all other papers permitted or required by law to be
100-18 filed in the court in probate matters, shall be filed with the
100-19 district <county> clerk of the proper county who shall file the
100-20 same and endorse on each paper the date filed and the docket
100-21 number, and his official signature.
100-22 SECTION 225. Subsection (b), Section 12, Texas Probate Code,
100-23 is amended to read as follows:
100-24 (b) Security for Costs Required, When. When any person
100-25 other than the personal representative of an estate files an
101-1 application, complaint, or opposition in relation to the estate, he
101-2 may be required by the clerk to give security for the probable cost
101-3 of such proceeding before filing the same; or any one interested in
101-4 the estate, or any officer of the court, may, at any time before
101-5 the trial of such application, complaint, or opposition, obtain
101-6 from the court, upon written motion, an order requiring such party
101-7 to give security for the probable costs of such proceeding. The
101-8 rules governing civil suits in the district <county> court
101-9 respecting this subject shall control in such cases.
101-10 SECTION 226. Section 13, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
101-11 read as follows:
101-12 Sec. 13. Judge's Probate Docket. The district <county>
101-13 clerk shall keep a record to be styled "Judge's Probate Docket,"
101-14 and shall enter therein:
101-15 (a) The name of each person upon whose person or estate
101-16 proceedings are had or sought to be had.
101-17 (b) The name of the executor or administrator or guardian of
101-18 such estate or person, or of the applicant for letters.
101-19 SECTION 227. Section 14, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
101-20 read as follows:
101-21 Sec. 14. Claim Docket. The district <county> clerk shall
101-22 also keep a record book to be styled "Claim Docket," and shall
101-23 enter therein all claims presented against an estate for approval
101-24 by the court. This docket shall be ruled in sixteen columns at
101-25 proper intervals from top to bottom, with a short note of the
102-1 contents at the top of each column. One or more pages shall be
102-2 assigned to each estate. The following information shall be
102-3 entered in the respective columns beginning with the first or
102-4 marginal column: The names of claimants in the order in which
102-5 their claims are filed; the amount of the claim; its date; the date
102-6 of filing; when due; the date from which it bears interest; the
102-7 rate of interest; when allowed by the executor or administrator or
102-8 guardian; the amount allowed; the date of rejection; when approved;
102-9 the amount approved; when disapproved; the class to which the claim
102-10 belongs; when established by judgment of a court; the amount of
102-11 such judgment.
102-12 SECTION 228. Section 15, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
102-13 read as follows:
102-14 Sec. 15. Probate Minutes and Papers to be Recorded Therein.
102-15 The district <county> clerk shall keep a record book styled
102-16 "Probate Minutes," and shall enter therein in full all orders,
102-17 judgments, decrees, and proceedings of the court, together with the
102-18 following:
102-19 (a) All applications for the probate of wills and for the
102-20 granting of administration or guardianship.
102-21 (b) All citations and notices, whether published or posted,
102-22 with the returns thereon.
102-23 (c) All wills and the testimony upon which the same are
102-24 admitted to probate, provided that the substance only of
102-25 depositions shall be recorded.
103-1 (d) All bonds and official oaths.
103-2 (e) All inventories, appraisements, and lists of claims.
103-3 (f) All exhibits and accounts.
103-4 (g) All reports of hiring, renting, or sale.
103-5 (h) All applications for sale or partition of real estate
103-6 and reports of sale and of commissioners of partition.
103-7 (i) All applications for authority to execute leases for
103-8 mineral development, or for pooling or unitization of lands,
103-9 royalty, or other interest in minerals, or to lend or invest money.
103-10 (j) All reports of lending or investing money.
103-11 SECTION 229. Section 16, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
103-12 read as follows:
103-13 Sec. 16. Probate Fee Book. The district <county> clerk
103-14 shall keep a record book styled "Probate Fee Book," and shall enter
103-15 therein each item of costs which accrues to the officers of the
103-16 court, together with witness fees, if any, showing the party to
103-17 whom the costs or fees are due, the date of the accrual of the
103-18 same, the estate or party liable therefor, and the date on which
103-19 any such costs or fees are paid.
103-20 SECTION 230. Section 17, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
103-21 read as follows:
103-22 Sec. 17. Index. The district <county> clerk shall properly
103-23 index each record book, and shall keep it open for public
103-24 inspection, but shall not let it out of his custody.
103-25 SECTION 231. Section 20, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
104-1 read as follows:
104-2 Sec. 20. Clerk May Set Hearings. Whenever, on account of
104-3 the county judge's absence from the county seat, or his being on
104-4 vacation, disqualified, ill, or deceased, such judge is unable to
104-5 designate the time and place for hearing a probate matter pending
104-6 in his court, authority is hereby vested in the district <county>
104-7 clerk of the county in which such matter is pending to designate
104-8 such time and place, entering such setting on the judge's docket
104-9 and certifying thereupon why such judge is not acting by himself.
104-10 If, after service of such notices and citations as required by law
104-11 with reference to such time and place of hearing has been
104-12 perfected, no qualified judge is present for the hearing, the same
104-13 shall automatically be continued from day to day until a qualified
104-14 judge is present to hear and determine the matter.
104-15 SECTION 232. Section 21, Texas Probate Code, is amended to
104-16 read as follows:
104-17 Sec. 21. Trial by Jury. In all contested probate and mental
104-18 illness proceedings in the district court or in the county court
104-19 <or statutory probate court, county court at law or other statutory
104-20 court exercising probate jurisdiction>, the parties shall be
104-21 entitled to trial by jury as in other civil actions.
104-22 SECTION 233. Subsection (b) and (f)(1), Section 33, Texas
104-23 Probate Code, are amended to read as follows:
104-24 (b) Issuance by the Clerk or by Personal Representative.
104-25 The district <county> clerk shall issue necessary citations, writs,
105-1 and process in probate matters, and all notices not required to be
105-2 issued by personal representatives, without any order from the
105-3 court, unless such order is required by a provision of this Code.
105-4 (f) Methods of Serving Citations and Notices.
105-5 (1) Personal Service. Where it is provided that
105-6 personal service shall be had with respect to a citation or notice,
105-7 any such citation or notice must be served upon the attorney of
105-8 record for the person to be cited. Notwithstanding the requirement
105-9 of personal service, service may be made upon such attorney by any
105-10 of the methods hereinafter specified for service upon an attorney.
105-11 If there is no attorney of record in the proceeding for such
105-12 person, or if an attempt to make service upon the attorney was
105-13 unsuccessful, a citation or notice directed to a person within this
105-14 State must be served by the sheriff or constable upon the person to
105-15 be cited or notified, in person, by delivering to him a true copy
105-16 of such citation or notice at least ten (10) days before the return
105-17 day thereof, exclusive of the date of service. Where the person to
105-18 be cited or notified is absent from the State, or is a nonresident,
105-19 such citation or notice may be served by any disinterested person
105-20 competent to make oath of the fact. Said citation or notice shall
105-21 be returnable at least ten (10) days after the date of service,
105-22 exclusive of the date of service. The return of the person serving
105-23 the citation or notice shall be endorsed on or attached to same; it
105-24 shall show the time and place of service, certify that a true copy
105-25 of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to
106-1 be served, be subscribed and sworn to before some officer
106-2 authorized by the laws of this State to take affidavits, under the
106-3 hand and official seal of such officer, and returned to the
106-4 district <county> clerk who issued same. If in either case such
106-5 citation or notice is returned with the notation that the person
106-6 sought to be served, whether within or without this State, cannot
106-7 be found, the clerk shall issue a new citation or notice directed
106-8 to the person or persons sought to be served and service shall be
106-9 by publication.
106-10 SECTION 234. Article 30.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
106-11 amended to read as follows:
106-12 Art. 30.03. County judge disqualified, absent or disabled.
106-13 Sec. 1. When the judge of the county court <or county
106-14 court at law, or of any county criminal court,> is disqualified in
106-15 any criminal case pending in the court of which he is judge, the
106-16 parties may by consent agree upon a special judge to try such case.
106-17 If they fail to agree upon a special judge to try such case, on or
106-18 before the third day of the term at which such case may be called
106-19 for trial, the practicing attorneys of the court present may elect
106-20 from among their number a special judge who shall try the case.
106-21 The election of the special judge shall be conducted in accordance
106-22 with the provisions of Article 1887, et seq., V.A.C.S.
106-23 Sec. 2. In the event a county judge <or the regular
106-24 judge of a county court at law created in a county> is absent, or
106-25 is for any cause disabled from presiding, a special judge, who is
107-1 an attorney, may be appointed by the commissioners court of the
107-2 county.
107-3 Sec. 3. The special judge so appointed must possess
107-4 those qualifications required of the regular judge of the court
107-5 and, when appointed shall serve for the period of time designated
107-6 by the order of appointment but in no event beyond that period of
107-7 time the regular judge is absent or disabled.
107-8 SECTION 235. Section 3(b), Chapter 48, General Laws of
107-9 Texas, Acts of the 44th Legislature, Regular Session, 1935 (Article
107-10 6813b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
107-11 follows:
107-12 (b) Judges of the district courts of this State shall
107-13 each be paid by the State an annual salary that is $ 2,000 <10
107-14 percent> less than the salary provided in the General
107-15 Appropriations Act for a justice of the Supreme Court. <Unless
107-16 otherwise provided by law, the combined salary of each of the
107-17 district judges from all State and county sources may not exceed
107-18 the amount that is $2,000 less than the salary provided for a
107-19 justice of the Supreme Court. To the extent of any conflict, the
107-20 salary differential provided for the combined salary of district
107-21 judges provided by this subsection prevails over any differential
107-22 set by Chapter 32, Government Code.>
107-23 SECTION 236. Chapter 25, Government Code, is repealed.
107-24 SECTION 237. Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Government Code, is
107-25 repealed.
108-1 SECTION 238. Sections 24.101(b), 24.105(b), 24.106(b),
108-2 24.109(b), 24.110(b), 24.114(b), 24.123(b), 24.132(b), 24.137(b),
108-3 24.139(f), 24.139(k), 24.139(l), 24.151(b), 24.151(f), 24.152(b),
108-4 24.168(b), 24,178(b), 24.178(c), 24.192(b), 24.193(b), 24.217(b),
108-5 24.217(h), 24.220(b), 24.310, 24.353(b), 24.362(b), 24.363(b),
108-6 24.364(b), 24.365(b), 24.366(b), 24.373(b), 24.374(b), 24.376(b),
108-7 24.381(b), 24.382(b), 24.383(b), 24.384(b), 24.386(b), 24.386(c),
108-8 24.387(b), 24.388(b), 24.393(b), 24.394(b), 24.402(b), 24.403(b),
108-9 24.404(b), 24.405(b), 24.406(b), 24.407(b), 24.408(b), 24.409(b),
108-10 24.410(b), 24.422(b), 24.423(b), 24.424(b), 24.425(b), 24.429(b),
108-11 24.431(b), 24.432(b), 24.433(b), 24.434(b), 24.435(b), 24.436(b),
108-12 24.439(b), 24.440(b), 24.442(b), 24.453(d), 24.456(b), 24.459(b),
108-13 24.460(b), 24.462(b), 24.465(b), 24.466(b), 24.467(b), 24.468(b),
108-14 24.469(b), 24.471(b), 24.472(b), 24.474(b), 24.475(b), 24.479(b),
108-15 24.480(b), 24.483(b), 24.484(b), 24.485(b), 24.488(b), 24.490(c),
108-16 24.491(b), 24.494(b), 24.497(b), 24.498(b), 24.502(b), 24.506(b),
108-17 24.508(b), 24.516(b), 24.517(b), 24.522(b), 24.601(b), 24.614(b),
108-18 24.614(c), 24.614(d), 24.901(c), 24.910(c), 24.910(e), 24.913(b),
108-19 24.920(c), 24.920(d), 26.011, 26.044, 26.052, 26.103, 26.111,
108-20 26.115, 26.119, 26.131, 26.143, 26.146, 26.157, 26.167, 26.171,
108-21 26.191, 26.192, 26.200, 26.201, 26.208, 26.209, 26.223, 26.226,
108-22 26.233, 26.240, 26.252, 26.261, 26.274, 26.275, 26.278, 26.291,
108-23 26.295, 26.320, 26.321, 26.327, 26.336, 26.337, 26.339, 26.340,
108-24 26.343, 51.702, 74.0911, 75.014, 75.015, 75.401, 75.402, and
108-25 75.403, Government Code, are repealed.
109-1 SECTION 239. Sections 118.053, 118.054, and 118.545, Local
109-2 Government Code, are repealed.
109-3 SECTION 240. Subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 5A and
109-4 Section 5B, Texas Probate Code, are repealed.
109-5 SECTION 241. (a) This Act takes effect January 1, 1994.
109-6 (b) Unless authorized by Subchapter E, Chapter 26,
109-7 Government Code, to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by
109-8 Subchapter D, Chapter 26, Government Code, and other law, no
109-9 juvenile, probate, or criminal matter may be filed in a county
109-10 court after December 31, 1996, and the county court shall cease
109-11 operations and transfer any case pending before it to a district or
109-12 justice of the peace court on December 31, 1998.
109-13 (c) The judge of the County Court at Law of Anderson County
109-14 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
109-15 Act is the judge of the 373rd Judicial District.
109-16 (d) The judge of the County Court at Law of Angelina County
109-17 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
109-18 Act is the judge of the Judicial District.
109-19 (e) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Angelina
109-20 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
109-21 of this Act is the judge of the 375th Judicial District.
109-22 (f) The judge of the County Court at Law of Austin County
109-23 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
109-24 Act is the judge of the 376th Judicial District.
109-25 (g) The judge of the County Court at Law of Bastrop County
110-1 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
110-2 Act is the judge of the 378th Judicial District.
110-3 (h) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Bell
110-4 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
110-5 of this Act is the judge of the 379th Judicial District.
110-6 (i) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Bell
110-7 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
110-8 of this Act is the judge of the 380th Judicial District.
110-9 (j) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 and Probate
110-10 Court of Bexar County who is in office or who takes office on the
110-11 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 381st Judicial
110-12 District.
110-13 (k) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Bexar
110-14 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
110-15 of this Act is the judge of the 382nd Judicial District.
110-16 (l) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Bexar
110-17 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
110-18 of this Act is the judge of the 383rd Judicial District.
110-19 (m) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Bexar
110-20 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
110-21 of this Act is the judge of the 384th Judicial District.
110-22 (n) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 5 of Bexar
110-23 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
110-24 of this Act is the judge of the 385th Judicial District.
110-25 (o) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 6 of Bexar
111-1 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
111-2 of this Act is the judge of the 386th Judicial District.
111-3 (p) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 7 of Bexar
111-4 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
111-5 of this Act is the judge of the 387th Judicial District.
111-6 (q) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 8 of Bexar
111-7 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
111-8 of this Act is the judge of the 388th Judicial District.
111-9 (r) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 9 of Bexar
111-10 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
111-11 of this Act is the judge of the 389th Judicial District.
111-12 (s) The judge of the Probate Court No. 1 of Bexar County who
111-13 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
111-14 is the judge of the 390th Judicial District.
111-15 (t) The judge of the Probate Court No. 2 of Bexar County who
111-16 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
111-17 is the judge of the 391st Judicial District.
111-18 (u) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 and Probate
111-19 Court of Brazoria County who is in office or who takes office on
111-20 the effective date of this Act is the judge of the 392nd Judicial
111-21 District.
111-22 (v) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 and Probate
111-23 Court of Brazoria County who is in office or who takes office on
111-24 the effective date of this Act is the judge of the 393rd Judicial
111-25 District.
112-1 (w) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 and Probate
112-2 Court of Brazoria County who is in office or who takes office on
112-3 the effective date of this Act is the judge of the 394th Judicial
112-4 District.
112-5 (x) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Brazos
112-6 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
112-7 of this Act is the judge of the 395th Judicial District.
112-8 (y) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Brazos
112-9 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
112-10 of this Act is the judge of the 396th Judicial District.
112-11 (z) The judge of the County Court at Law of Caldwell County
112-12 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
112-13 Act is the judge of the 397th Judicial District.
112-14 (aa) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Calhoun
112-15 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
112-16 of this Act is the judge of the 398th Judicial District.
112-17 (ab) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron
112-18 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
112-19 of this Act is the judge of the 399th Judicial District.
112-20 (ac) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron
112-21 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
112-22 of this Act is the judge of the 400th Judicial District.
112-23 (ad) The judge of the County Court at Law of Cherokee County
112-24 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
112-25 Act is the judge of the 401st Judicial District.
113-1 (ae) The judge of the County Court at Law of Collin County
113-2 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
113-3 Act is the judge of the 402nd Judicial District.
113-4 (af) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Collin
113-5 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
113-6 of this Act is the judge of the 403rd Judicial District.
113-7 (ag) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Collin
113-8 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
113-9 of this Act is the judge of the 404th Judicial District.
113-10 (ah) The judge of the County Court at Law of Comal County
113-11 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
113-12 Act is the judge of the 405th Judicial District.
113-13 (ai) The judge of the County Court at Law of Coryell County
113-14 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
113-15 Act is the judge of the 406th Judicial District.
113-16 (aj) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas
113-17 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
113-18 of this Act is the judge of the 407th Judicial District.
113-19 (ak) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas
113-20 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
113-21 of this Act is the judge of the 408th Judicial District.
113-22 (al) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Dallas
113-23 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
113-24 of this Act is the judge of the 409th Judicial District.
113-25 (am) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas
114-1 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-2 of this Act is the judge of the 410th Judicial District.
114-3 (an) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas
114-4 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-5 of this Act is the judge of the 411th Judicial District.
114-6 (ao) The judge of the County Criminal Court of Dallas County
114-7 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
114-8 Act is the judge of the 412th Judicial District.
114-9 (ap) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 2 of Dallas
114-10 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-11 of this Act is the judge of the 413th Judicial District.
114-12 (aq) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 3 of Dallas
114-13 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-14 of this Act is the judge of the 414th Judicial District.
114-15 (ar) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 4 of Dallas
114-16 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-17 of this Act is the judge of the 415th Judicial District.
114-18 (as) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 5 of Dallas
114-19 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-20 of this Act is the judge of the 416th Judicial District.
114-21 (at) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 6 of Dallas
114-22 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
114-23 of this Act is the judge of the 417th Judicial District.
114-24 (au) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 7 of Dallas
114-25 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
115-1 of this Act is the judge of the 418th Judicial District.
115-2 (av) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 8 of Dallas
115-3 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
115-4 of this Act is the judge of the 419th Judicial District.
115-5 (aw) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 9 of Dallas
115-6 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
115-7 of this Act is the judge of the 420th Judicial District.
115-8 (ax) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 10 of Dallas
115-9 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
115-10 of this Act is the judge of the 421st Judicial District.
115-11 (ay) The judge of the County Criminal Court of Appeals of
115-12 Dallas County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
115-13 date of this Act is the judge of the 422nd Judicial District.
115-14 (az) The judge of the County Criminal Court of Appeals No. 2
115-15 of Dallas County who is in office or who takes office on the
115-16 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 423rd Judicial
115-17 District.
115-18 (ba) The judge of the Probate Court of Dallas County who is
115-19 in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act is
115-20 the judge of the 424th Judicial District.
115-21 (bb) The judge of the Probate Court No. 2 of Dallas County
115-22 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
115-23 Act is the judge of the 425th Judicial District.
115-24 (bc) The judge of the Probate Court No. 3 of Dallas County
115-25 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
116-1 Act is the judge of the 426th Judicial District.
116-2 (bd) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton
116-3 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
116-4 of this Act is the judge of the 427th Judicial District.
116-5 (be) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton
116-6 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
116-7 of this Act is the judge of the 428th Judicial District.
116-8 (bf) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Denton
116-9 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
116-10 of this Act is the judge of the 429th Judicial District.
116-11 (bg) The judge of the County Court at Law of Ector County
116-12 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
116-13 Act is the judge of the 430th Judicial District.
116-14 (bh) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ector
116-15 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
116-16 of this Act is the judge of the 431st Judicial District.
116-17 (bi) The judge of the County Court at Law of Ellis County
116-18 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
116-19 Act is the judge of the 432nd Judicial District.
116-20 (bj) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of El Paso
116-21 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
116-22 of this Act is the judge of the 433rd Judicial District.
116-23 (bk) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of El Paso
116-24 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
116-25 of this Act is the judge of the 434th Judicial District.
117-1 (bl) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of El Paso
117-2 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
117-3 of this Act is the judge of the 435th Judicial District.
117-4 (bm) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 4 of El Paso
117-5 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
117-6 of this Act is the judge of the 436th Judicial District.
117-7 (bn) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 5 of El Paso
117-8 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
117-9 of this Act is the judge of the 437th Judicial District.
117-10 (bo) The judge of the Probate Court of El Paso County who is
117-11 in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act is
117-12 the judge of the 438th Judicial District.
117-13 (bp) The judge of the County Court at Law of Erath County
117-14 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
117-15 Act is the judge of the 439th Judicial District.
117-16 (bq) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Fort Bend
117-17 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
117-18 of this Act is the judge of the 440th Judicial District.
117-19 (br) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Fort Bend
117-20 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
117-21 of this Act is the judge of the 441st Judicial District.
117-22 (bs) The judge of the County Court No. 1 of Galveston County
117-23 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
117-24 Act is the judge of the 442nd Judicial District.
117-25 (bt) The judge of the County Court No. 2 of Galveston County
118-1 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
118-2 Act is the judge of the 443rd Judicial District.
118-3 (bu) The judge of the Probate and County Court of Galveston
118-4 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
118-5 of this Act is the judge of the 444th Judicial District.
118-6 (bv) The judge of the County Court at Law of Grayson County
118-7 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
118-8 Act is the judge of the 445th Judicial District.
118-9 (bw) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Grayson
118-10 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
118-11 of this Act is the judge of the 446th Judicial District.
118-12 (bx) The judge of the County Court at Law of Gregg County
118-13 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
118-14 Act is the judge of the 447th Judicial District.
118-15 (by) The judge of the County Court at Law of Guadalupe
118-16 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
118-17 of this Act is the judge of the 448th Judicial District.
118-18 (bz) The judge of the County Civil Court at Law No. 1 of
118-19 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
118-20 date of this Act is the judge of the 449th Judicial District.
118-21 (ca) The judge of the County Civil Court at Law No. 2 of
118-22 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
118-23 date of this Act is the judge of the 450th Judicial District.
118-24 (cb) The judge of the County Civil Court at Law No. 3 of
118-25 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-1 date of this Act is the judge of the 451st Judicial District.
119-2 (cc) The judge of the County Civil Court at Law No. 4 of
119-3 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-4 date of this Act is the judge of the 452nd Judicial District.
119-5 (cd) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 of
119-6 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-7 date of this Act is the judge of the 453rd Judicial District.
119-8 (ce) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 2 of
119-9 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-10 date of this Act is the judge of the 454th Judicial District.
119-11 (cf) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 of
119-12 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-13 date of this Act is the judge of the 455th Judicial District.
119-14 (cg) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 4 of
119-15 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-16 date of this Act is the judge of the 456th Judicial District.
119-17 (ch) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 of
119-18 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-19 date of this Act is the judge of the 457th Judicial District.
119-20 (ci) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 6 of
119-21 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-22 date of this Act is the judge of the 458th Judicial District.
119-23 (cj) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 of
119-24 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
119-25 date of this Act is the judge of the 459th Judicial District.
120-1 (ck) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 of
120-2 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-3 date of this Act is the judge of the 460th Judicial District.
120-4 (cl) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 9 of
120-5 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-6 date of this Act is the judge of the 461st Judicial District.
120-7 (cm) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 10 of
120-8 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-9 date of this Act is the judge of the 462nd Judicial District.
120-10 (cn) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 of
120-11 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-12 date of this Act is the judge of the 463rd Judicial District.
120-13 (co) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 of
120-14 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-15 date of this Act is the judge of the 464th Judicial District.
120-16 (cp) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 13 of
120-17 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-18 date of this Act is the judge of the 465th Judicial District.
120-19 (cq) The judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 of
120-20 Harris County who is in office or who takes office on the effective
120-21 date of this Act is the judge of the 466th Judicial District.
120-22 (cr) The judge of the Probate Court No. 1 of Harris County
120-23 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
120-24 Act is the judge of the 467th Judicial District.
120-25 (cs) The judge of the Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County
121-1 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
121-2 Act is the judge of the 468th Judicial District.
121-3 (ct) The judge of the Probate Court No. 3 of Harris County
121-4 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
121-5 Act is the judge of the 469th Judicial District.
121-6 (cu) The judge of the Probate Court No. 4 of Harris County
121-7 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
121-8 Act is the judge of the 470th Judicial District.
121-9 (cv) The judge of the County Court at Law of Harrison County
121-10 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
121-11 Act is the judge of the 471st Judicial District.
121-12 (cw) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays
121-13 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
121-14 of this Act is the judge of the 472nd Judicial District.
121-15 (cx) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Hays
121-16 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
121-17 of this Act is the judge of the 473rd Judicial District.
121-18 (cy) The judge of the County Court at Law of Henderson
121-19 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
121-20 of this Act is the judge of the 474th Judicial District.
121-21 (cz) The judge of the County Court at Law of Hidalgo County
121-22 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
121-23 Act is the judge of the 475th Judicial District.
121-24 (da) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo
121-25 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
122-1 of this Act is the judge of the 476th Judicial District.
122-2 (db) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Hidalgo
122-3 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
122-4 of this Act is the judge of the 477th Judicial District.
122-5 (dc) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo
122-6 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
122-7 of this Act is the judge of the 478th Judicial District.
122-8 (dd) The judge of the County Court at Law of Hopkins County
122-9 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
122-10 Act is the judge of the 479th Judicial District.
122-11 (de) The judge of the County Court at Law of Houston County
122-12 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
122-13 Act is the judge of the 480th Judicial District.
122-14 (df) The judge of the County Court at Law of Hunt County who
122-15 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
122-16 is the judge of the 481st Judicial District.
122-17 (dg) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Jefferson
122-18 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
122-19 of this Act is the judge of the 482nd Judicial District.
122-20 (dh) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Jefferson
122-21 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
122-22 of this Act is the judge of the 483rd Judicial District.
122-23 (di) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Jefferson
122-24 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
122-25 of this Act is the judge of the 484th Judicial District.
123-1 (dj) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Johnson
123-2 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
123-3 of this Act is the judge of the 485th Judicial District.
123-4 (dk) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Johnson
123-5 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
123-6 of this Act is the judge of the 486th Judicial District.
123-7 (dl) The judge of the County Court at Law of Kerr County who
123-8 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
123-9 is the judge of the 487th Judicial District.
123-10 (dm) The judge of the County Court at Law of Kleberg County
123-11 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
123-12 Act is the judge of the 488th Judicial District.
123-13 (dn) The judge of the County Court at Law of Liberty County
123-14 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
123-15 Act is the judge of the 489th Judicial District.
123-16 (do) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Lubbock
123-17 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
123-18 of this Act is the judge of the 490th Judicial District.
123-19 (dp) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Lubbock
123-20 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
123-21 of this Act is the judge of the 491st Judicial District.
123-22 (dq) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Lubbock
123-23 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
123-24 of this Act is the judge of the 492nd Judicial District.
123-25 (dr) The judge of the County Court at Law of McLennan County
124-1 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
124-2 Act is the judge of the 493rd Judicial District.
124-3 (ds) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of McLennan
124-4 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
124-5 of this Act is the judge of the 494th Judicial District.
124-6 (dt) The judge of the County Court at Law of Medina County
124-7 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
124-8 Act is the judge of the 495th Judicial District.
124-9 (du) The judge of the County Court at Law of Midland County
124-10 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
124-11 Act is the judge of the 496th Judicial District.
124-12 (dv) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Midland
124-13 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
124-14 of this Act is the judge of the 497th Judicial District.
124-15 (dw) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of
124-16 Montgomery County who is in office or who takes office on the
124-17 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 498th Judicial
124-18 District.
124-19 (dx) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of
124-20 Montgomery County who is in office or who takes office on the
124-21 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 499th Judicial
124-22 District.
124-23 (dy) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of
124-24 Montgomery County who is in office or who takes office on the
124-25 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 500th Judicial
125-1 District.
125-2 (dz) The judge of the County Court at Law of Moore County
125-3 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
125-4 Act is the judge of the 501st Judicial District.
125-5 (ea) The judge of the County Court at Law of Nacogdoches
125-6 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
125-7 of this Act is the judge of the 502nd Judicial District.
125-8 (eb) The judge of the County Court at Law of Nolan County
125-9 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
125-10 Act is the judge of the 503rd Judicial District.
125-11 (ec) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces
125-12 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
125-13 of this Act is the judge of the 504th Judicial District.
125-14 (ed) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Nueces
125-15 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
125-16 of this Act is the judge of the 505th Judicial District.
125-17 (ee) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Nueces
125-18 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
125-19 of this Act is the judge of the 506th Judicial District.
125-20 (ef) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Nueces
125-21 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
125-22 of this Act is the judge of the 507th Judicial District.
125-23 (eg) The judge of the County Court at Law of Orange County
125-24 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
125-25 Act is the judge of the 508th Judicial District.
126-1 (eh) The judge of the County Court at Law of Panola County
126-2 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
126-3 Act is the judge of the 509th Judicial District.
126-4 (ei) The judge of the County Court at Law of Parker County
126-5 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
126-6 Act is the judge of the 510th Judicial District.
126-7 (ej) The judge of the County Court at Law of Polk County who
126-8 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
126-9 is the judge of the 511th Judicial District.
126-10 (ek) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Potter
126-11 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
126-12 of this Act is the judge of the 512th Judicial District.
126-13 (el) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Potter
126-14 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
126-15 of this Act is the judge of the 513th Judicial District.
126-16 (em) The judge of the County Court at Law of Randall County
126-17 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
126-18 Act is the judge of the 514th Judicial District.
126-19 (en) The judge of the County Court at Law of Reeves County
126-20 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
126-21 Act is the judge of the 515th Judicial District.
126-22 (eo) The judge of the County Court at Law of Rusk County who
126-23 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
126-24 is the judge of the 516th Judicial District.
126-25 (ep) The judge of the County Court at Law of San Patricio
127-1 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
127-2 of this Act is the judge of the 517th Judicial District.
127-3 (eq) The judge of the County Court at Law of Smith County
127-4 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
127-5 Act is the judge of the 518th Judicial District.
127-6 (er) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Smith
127-7 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
127-8 of this Act is the judge of the 519th Judicial District.
127-9 (es) The judge of the County Court at Law of Starr County
127-10 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
127-11 Act is the judge of the 520th Judicial District.
127-12 (et) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Tarrant
127-13 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
127-14 of this Act is the judge of the 521st Judicial District.
127-15 (eu) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant
127-16 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
127-17 of this Act is the judge of the 522nd Judicial District.
127-18 (ev) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Tarrant
127-19 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
127-20 of this Act is the judge of the 523rd Judicial District.
127-21 (ew) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 1 of Tarrant
127-22 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
127-23 of this Act is the judge of the 524th Judicial District.
127-24 (ex) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 2 of Tarrant
127-25 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-1 of this Act is the judge of the 525th Judicial District.
128-2 (ey) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 3 of Tarrant
128-3 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-4 of this Act is the judge of the 526th Judicial District.
128-5 (ez) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 4 of Tarrant
128-6 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-7 of this Act is the judge of the 527th Judicial District.
128-8 (fa) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 5 of Tarrant
128-9 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-10 of this Act is the judge of the 528th Judicial District.
128-11 (fb) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 6 of Tarrant
128-12 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-13 of this Act is the judge of the 529th Judicial District.
128-14 (fc) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 7 of Tarrant
128-15 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-16 of this Act is the judge of the 530th Judicial District.
128-17 (fd) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 8 of Tarrant
128-18 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-19 of this Act is the judge of the 531st Judicial District.
128-20 (fe) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 9 of Tarrant
128-21 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
128-22 of this Act is the judge of the 532nd Judicial District.
128-23 (ff) The judge of the County Criminal Court No. 10 of
128-24 Tarrant County who is in office or who takes office on the
128-25 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 533rd Judicial
129-1 District.
129-2 (fg) The judge of the Probate Court of Tarrant County who is
129-3 in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act is
129-4 the judge of the 534th Judicial District.
129-5 (fh) The judge of the Probate Court No. 2 of Tarrant County
129-6 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
129-7 Act is the judge of the 535th Judicial District.
129-8 (fi) The judge of the County Court at Law of Taylor County
129-9 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
129-10 Act is the judge of the 536th Judicial District.
129-11 (fj) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Taylor
129-12 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
129-13 of this Act is the judge of the 537th Judicial District.
129-14 (fk) The judge of the County Court at Law of Tom Green
129-15 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
129-16 of this Act is the judge of the 538th Judicial District.
129-17 (fl) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Travis
129-18 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
129-19 of this Act is the judge of the 539th Judicial District.
129-20 (fm) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Travis
129-21 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
129-22 of this Act is the judge of the 540th Judicial District.
129-23 (fn) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Travis
129-24 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
129-25 of this Act is the judge of the 541st Judicial District.
130-1 (fo) The judge of the Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County
130-2 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
130-3 Act is the judge of the 542nd Judicial District.
130-4 (fp) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 5 of Travis
130-5 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
130-6 of this Act is the judge of the 543rd Judicial District.
130-7 (fq) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 6 of Travis
130-8 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
130-9 of this Act is the judge of the 544th Judicial District.
130-10 (fr) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 7 of Travis
130-11 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
130-12 of this Act is the judge of the 545th Judicial District.
130-13 (fs) The judge of the County Court at Law of Val Verde
130-14 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
130-15 of this Act is the judge of the 546th Judicial District.
130-16 (ft) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Victoria
130-17 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
130-18 of this Act is the judge of the 547th Judicial District.
130-19 (fu) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Victoria
130-20 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
130-21 of this Act is the judge of the 548th Judicial District.
130-22 (fv) The judge of the County Court at Law of Walker County
130-23 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
130-24 Act is the judge of the 549th Judicial District.
130-25 (fw) The judge of the County Court at Law of Waller County
131-1 who is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this
131-2 Act is the judge of the 550th Judicial District.
131-3 (fx) The judge of the County Court at Law of Washington
131-4 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
131-5 of this Act is the judge of the 551st Judicial District.
131-6 (fy) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Webb
131-7 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
131-8 of this Act is the judge of the 552nd Judicial District.
131-9 (fz) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Webb
131-10 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
131-11 of this Act is the judge of the 553rd Judicial District.
131-12 (ga) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Wichita
131-13 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
131-14 of this Act is the judge of the 554th Judicial District.
131-15 (gb) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Wichita
131-16 County who is in office or who takes office on the effective date
131-17 of this Act is the judge of the 555th Judicial District.
131-18 (gc) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of
131-19 Williamson County who is in office or who takes office on the
131-20 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 556th Judicial
131-21 District.
131-22 (gd) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of
131-23 Williamson County who is in office or who takes office on the
131-24 effective date of this Act is the judge of the 557th Judicial
131-25 District.
132-1 (ge) The judge of the County Court at Law of Wise County who
132-2 is in office or who takes office on the effective date of this Act
132-3 is the judge of the 558th Judicial District.
132-4 SECTION 242. The importance of this legislation and the
132-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
132-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
132-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
132-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
132-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
132-10 passage, and it is so enacted.