By Solomons H.B. No. 3843
76R13371 DB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the statutory courts of Denton County.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.0631(a), Government Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 (a) Denton County has the following statutory county courts:
1-7 (1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton County;
1-8 (2) County Criminal Court No. 1 of Denton County;
1-9 (3) County Criminal Court No. 2 of Denton County;
1-10 (4) County Criminal Court No. 3 of Denton County;
1-11 [and]
1-12 (5) County Criminal Court No. 4 of Denton County; and
1-13 (6) County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton County.
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 25.0632, Government Code, is amended by
1-15 adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
1-16 (j) Section 25.0006 does not apply to a statutory county
1-17 court in Denton County.
1-18 SECTION 3. Section 25.0633(c), Government Code, is amended
1-19 to read as follows:
1-20 (c) Notwithstanding Section 25.0003, the County Court at Law
1-21 No. 1 of Denton County does not have jurisdiction over [civil,
1-22 civil appellate,] probate [,] or mental health matters or over
1-23 family law cases and proceedings other than juvenile proceedings.
1-24 SECTION 4. Section 25.0634(b), Government Code, is amended
2-1 to read as follows:
2-2 (b) A county criminal court has no jurisdiction over [civil,
2-3 civil appellate,] probate [,] or mental health matters.
2-4 SECTION 5. (a) The County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton
2-5 County is created October 1, 2000.
2-6 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section,
2-7 this Act takes effect October 1, 2000.
2-8 (c) Sections 25.0633 and 25.0634, Government Code, as
2-9 amended by Sections 3 and 4 of this Act, take effect September 1,
2-10 1999, but only if S.B. No. 1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
2-11 Regular Session, 1999, is enacted and becomes law. If S.B. No.
2-12 1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does not
2-13 become law, Sections 3 and 4 of this Act have no effect.
2-14 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.