BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 320
                                                      By: Shapiro
                                                    Jurisprudence
                                                         02-07-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

The Collin County Commissioners Court voted to ask the 74th
Legislature to create an additional court at law for Collin County,
expand the probate jurisdiction of the county's courts at law and
renumber the existing courts at law.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 320 creates County Courts at Law No. 1 and 2 of
Collin County and grants probate jurisdiction to a county court at
law in Collin County.

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. Amends Section 25.0451, Government Code, to create
County Courts at Law No. 1 and 2 of Collin County.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 25.0452, Government Code, to provide that
a county court in Collin County has probate jurisdiction, in
addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other
law.

SECTION 3. Provides that the County Court at Law No. 4 of Collin
County is created as of October 1, 1995, or on an earlier date
determined by the commissioners court.

SECTION 4. Effective date:  September 1, 1995.

SECTION 5. Emergency clause.