AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the statutory courts of Denton County.
 1-2           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-3           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 25.0631, Government Code,
 1-4     is amended to read as follows:
 1-5           (a)  Denton County has the following statutory county courts:
 1-6                 (1)  County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton County;
 1-7                 (2)  County Criminal Court No. 1 of Denton County;
 1-8                 (3)  County Criminal Court No. 2 of Denton County;
 1-9                 (4)  County Criminal Court No. 3 of Denton County;
1-10     [and]
1-11                 (5)  County Criminal Court No. 4 of Denton County; and
1-12                 (6)  County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton County.
1-13           SECTION 2.  Section 25.0632, Government Code, is amended by
1-14     adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
1-15           (j)  Section 25.0006 does not apply to a statutory county
1-16     court in Denton County.
1-17           SECTION 3.  Subsection (c), Section 25.0633, Government Code,
1-18     is amended to read as follows:
1-19           (c)  Notwithstanding Section 25.0003, the County Court at Law
1-20     No. 1 of Denton County does not have jurisdiction over [civil,
1-21     civil appellate,] probate[,] or mental health matters or over
1-22     family law cases and proceedings other than juvenile proceedings.
1-23           SECTION 4.  Subsection (b), Section 25.0634, Government Code,
1-24     is amended to read as follows:
 2-1           (b)  A county criminal court has no jurisdiction over [civil,
 2-2     civil appellate,] probate[,] or mental health matters.
 2-3           SECTION 5.  (a)  The County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton
 2-4     County is created October 1, 2000.
 2-5           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section,
 2-6     this Act takes effect October 1, 2000.
 2-7           (c)  Sections 25.0633 and 25.0634, Government Code, as
 2-8     amended by Sections 3 and 4 of this Act, take effect September 1,
 2-9     1999, but only if S.B. No. 1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
2-10     Regular Session, 1999, is enacted and becomes law. If S.B. No.
2-11     1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does not
2-12     become law, Sections 3 and 4 of this Act have no effect.
2-13           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 376 passed the Senate on
         May 3, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 376 passed the House on
         May 26, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor