BILL ANALYSIS C.S.S.B. 34 By: Nixon Jurisprudence 5-10-95 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND In Panola County, overlapping jurisdiction between the Panola County Court at Law and district court has caused confusion for those conducting business before the court. PURPOSE As proposed, C.S.S.B. 34 clarifies the jurisdiction of the Panola County courts by transferring all cases pending in the Panola County Court at Law over which the district court has jurisdiction to the district court. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Repealer: Section 25.1852(a), Government Code (relating to providing concurrent jurisdiction between the Panola County Court at Law and the district court), effective January 1, 1996. SECTION 2. (a) Requires the judge of the Panola County Court at Law to transfer all cases pending in the court over which the court no longer has jurisdiction because of the repeal of Section 25.1852(a), Government Code, to the district court. (b) Provides that all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred. Requires the obligees and all witnesses summoned to appear before a court from which a case is transferred to appear before the court to which the case is transferred as if originally required to appear before that court. SECTION 3. Amends Section 25.1852(i), Government Code, to require the amount paid to a special judge for a county court at law to be deducted, rather than prohibiting the amount from being deducted, from the salary of a regular judge. SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 1995. SECTION 5. Emergency clause.