1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Smith 1-3 County. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.2142(a-1), Government Code, is amended 1-6 to read as follows: 1-7 (a-1) A county court at law does not have jurisdiction of: 1-8 (1) capital felony cases or felonies of the first or 1-9 second degree; 1-10 (2) suits on behalf of the state to recover penalties, 1-11 forfeiture, or escheat; 1-12 (3) misdemeanors involving official misconduct; or 1-13 (4) contested elections. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3504 was passed by the House on April 11, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3504 was passed by the Senate on May 15, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor