By: Lucio S.B. No. 316
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the statutory county courts in Cameron County.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 25.0331, Government Code,
1-4 is amended to read as follows:
1-5 (a) Cameron County has the following statutory county
1-6 courts:
1-7 (1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron County; <and>
1-8 (2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County; and
1-9 (3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Cameron County.
1-10 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 25.0332, Government Code,
1-11 is amended to read as follows:
1-12 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-13 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Cameron County
1-14 has<:>
1-15 <(1) concurrent with the county court, the probate
1-16 jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and>
1-17 <(2)> concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
1-18 in:
1-19 (1) family law cases and proceedings; and
1-20 (2) juvenile matters <civil cases in which the amount
1-21 in controversy exceeds $500 but does not exceed $100,000, excluding
1-22 interest>.
1-23 SECTION 3. Section 25.0332, Government Code, is amended by
1-24 adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
2-1 (b) The district court may transfer to a county court at law
2-2 any family law case or proceeding, any juvenile matter, or any
2-3 civil action over which the county court at law has jurisdiction.
2-4 SECTION 4. Subsection (j), Section 25.0332, Government Code,
2-5 is amended to read as follows:
2-6 (j) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at
2-7 law for family law cases and proceedings and juvenile matters, and
2-8 the county clerk serves as clerk for all other cases. The county
2-9 clerk may appoint a deputy to attend the county courts at law.
2-10 SECTION 5. Subsection (k), Section 25.0332, Government Code,
2-11 is amended to read as follows:
2-12 (k) The county sheriff shall, either in person or by deputy,
2-13 attend the County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron County as required
2-14 by the judge. The county sheriff serves the other county courts at
2-15 law <County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County> as provided by
2-16 Section 25.0010(b).
2-17 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-18 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.