By Kuempel H.B. No. 1688 75R5278 MLS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the jurisdiction and administration of the Guadalupe 1-3 County Court at Law. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.0962, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsections (b) and (i) and amending Subsection (f) to read 1-7 as follows: 1-8 (b) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 1-9 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Guadalupe County 1-10 has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law 1-11 cases and proceedings including juvenile matters. 1-12 (f) Practice in a county court at law is that prescribed by 1-13 law for county courts, except that practice and procedure, rules of 1-14 evidence, issuance of process and writs, and all other matters 1-15 pertaining to the conduct of trials and hearings in a county court 1-16 at law involving cases in the court's concurrent jurisdiction with 1-17 the district court shall be governed by this section and the laws 1-18 and rules pertaining to district courts as well as county courts. 1-19 If a case in the court's concurrent jurisdiction with the district 1-20 court is tried before a jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 1-21 members. 1-22 (i) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at 1-23 law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, 1-24 and the county clerk shall serve as clerk of a county court at law 2-1 in all other cases. 2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.