HBA-RBT S.B. 376 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 376 By: Nelson Judicial Affairs 5/5/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the court dockets in Denton County are overcrowded and overburdened, in part due to an increase in the population growth rate. S.B. 376 would add County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton County to the statutory county courts in Denton County. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 25.0631(a), Government Code, to create the County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton County. SECTION 2. Amends Section 25.0632, Government Code, adding Subsection (j), to provide that Section 25.006 (relating to bond and removal), Government Code, does not apply to a statutory county court in Denton County. SECTION 3. Amends Section 25.0633(c), Government Code, to provide that County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton County does have jurisdiction over civil and civil appellate matters. SECTION 4. Amends Section 25.0634(b), Government Code, to remove the prohibition on county criminal courts from hearing civil and civil appellate matters. SECTION 5. Effective date: October 1, 2000. Provides that SECTIONS 3 and 4 take effect September 1, 1999, if S.B. No. 1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is enacted and becomes law, and that if S.B. 1163 is not enacted, SECTIONS 3 and 4 have no effect. SECTION 6. Emergency clause.