1-1 By: Lucio S.B. No. 316
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 24, 1995; January 25, 1995,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
1-4 February 7, 1995, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2;
1-6 February 7, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 316 By: Cain
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the statutory county courts in Cameron County.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 25.0331, Government Code,
1-13 is amended to read as follows:
1-14 (a) Cameron County has the following statutory county
1-15 courts:
1-16 (1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron County; <and>
1-17 (2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County; and
1-18 (3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Cameron County.
1-19 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 25.0332, Government Code,
1-20 is amended to read as follows:
1-21 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-22 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Cameron County
1-23 has<:>
1-24 <(1) concurrent with the county court, the probate
1-25 jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and>
1-26 <(2)> concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
1-27 in:
1-28 (1) family law cases and proceedings; and
1-29 (2) juvenile matters <civil cases in which the amount
1-30 in controversy exceeds $500 but does not exceed $100,000, excluding
1-31 interest>.
1-32 SECTION 3. Section 25.0332, Government Code, is amended by
1-33 adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
1-34 (b) The district court may transfer to a county court at law
1-35 any family law case or proceeding, any juvenile matter, or any
1-36 civil action over which the county court at law has jurisdiction.
1-37 SECTION 4. Subsection (j), Section 25.0332, Government Code,
1-38 is amended to read as follows:
1-39 (j) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at
1-40 law for family law cases and proceedings and juvenile matters, and
1-41 the county clerk serves as clerk for all other cases. The county
1-42 clerk may appoint a deputy to attend the county courts at law.
1-43 SECTION 5. Subsection (k), Section 25.0332, Government Code,
1-44 is amended to read as follows:
1-45 (k) The county sheriff shall, either in person or by deputy,
1-46 attend the County Court at Law No. 1 of Cameron County as required
1-47 by the judge. The county sheriff serves the other county courts at
1-48 law <County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County> as provided by
1-49 Section 25.0010(b).
1-50 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-51 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
1-52 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-53 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-54 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-55 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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