1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of the Anderson County Court at Law.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.0032(a), Government Code, as added by
1-5 Chapter 148, Acts of the 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987,
1-6 is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-8 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Anderson County
1-9 has:
1-10 (1) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
1-11 in:
1-12 (A) probate matters and proceedings, including
1-13 will contests; [and]
1-14 (B) family law cases and proceedings;
1-15 (C) criminal cases; and
1-16 (D) actions and proceedings under Subtitle B,
1-17 Title 9, Property Code; and
1-18 (2) concurrent jurisdiction with the county and
1-19 district courts over all suits arising under the Family Code.
1-20 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 732 was passed by the House on April
3, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 732 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor