1-1 By: Solis of Cameron (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1350
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 29, 1999;
1-3 March 30, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 1999, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 13, 1999, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of
1-10 Cameron County.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 25.0332(a), Government Code, is amended
1-13 to read as follows:
1-14 (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-15 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Cameron County has:
1-16 (1) concurrent with the county court, the probate
1-17 jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and
1-18 (2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in
1-19 civil cases in which the amount in controversy exceeds $500 but
1-20 does not exceed $1 million [$100,000], excluding interest.
1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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