By Oliveira H.B. No. 781
74R3943 RJA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the statutory county courts in Cameron County.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.0331(a), Government Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 (a) Cameron County has the following statutory county
1-7 courts:
1-8 (1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron County; <and>
1-9 (2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County; and
1-10 (3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Cameron County.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 25.0332(a), Government Code, is amended
1-12 to read as follows:
1-13 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-14 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Cameron County
1-15 has<:>
1-16 <(1) concurrent with the county court, the probate
1-17 jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and>
1-18 <(2)> concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
1-19 in:
1-20 (1) family law cases and proceedings; and
1-21 (2) juvenile matters <civil cases in which the amount
1-22 in controversy exceeds $500 but does not exceed $100,000, excluding
1-23 interest>.
1-24 SECTION 3. Section 25.0332, Government Code, is amended by
2-1 adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
2-2 (b) The County Court at Law No. 3 of Cameron County shall
2-3 give preference to family law cases and proceedings and juvenile
2-4 matters. The district court may transfer to the County Court at
2-5 Law No. 3 any family law case or proceeding or any juvenile matter
2-6 over which the county court at law has jurisdiction.
2-7 SECTION 4. Section 25.0332(j), Government Code, is amended
2-8 to read as follows:
2-9 (j) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at
2-10 law for family law cases and proceedings and juvenile matters, and
2-11 the county clerk serves as clerk for all other cases. The county
2-12 clerk may appoint a deputy to attend the county courts at law.
2-13 SECTION 5. Section 25.0332(k), Government Code, is amended
2-14 to read as follows:
2-15 (k) The county sheriff shall, either in person or by deputy,
2-16 attend the County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron County as required
2-17 by the judge. The county sheriff serves the other county courts at
2-18 law <County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County> as provided by
2-19 Section 25.0010(b).
2-20 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-21 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
2-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.