1-1 By: Merritt (Senate Sponsor - Ratliff) H.B. No. 3507 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 1997; 1-3 April 23, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 6, 1997, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 6, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to granting the Gregg County Court at Law jurisdiction in 1-9 family law matters. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 25.0942, Government Code, is amended by 1-12 adding Subsection (a) to read as follows: 1-13 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 1-14 25.0003 and other law, a county court of law in Gregg County has 1-15 concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases 1-16 and proceedings. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-23 * * * * *