1-1     By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 376
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 8, 1999; April 9, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; April 23, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0;
 1-6     April 23, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 376                 By:  Moncrief
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the statutory courts of Denton County.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 25.0631, Government Code,
1-13     is amended to read as follows:
1-14           (a)  Denton County has the following statutory county courts:
1-15                 (1)  County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton County;
1-16                 (2)  County Criminal Court No. 1 of Denton County;
1-17                 (3)  County Criminal Court No. 2 of Denton County;
1-18                 (4)  County Criminal Court No. 3 of Denton County;
1-19     [and]
1-20                 (5)  County Criminal Court No. 4 of Denton County; and
1-21                 (6)  County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton County.
1-22           SECTION 2.  Section 25.0632, Government Code, is amended by
1-23     adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
1-24           (j)  Section 25.0006 does not apply to a statutory county
1-25     court in Denton County.
1-26           SECTION 3.  Subsection (c), Section 25.0633, Government Code,
1-27     is amended to read as follows:
1-28           (c)  Notwithstanding Section 25.0003, the County Court at Law
1-29     No. 1 of Denton County does not have jurisdiction over [civil,
1-30     civil appellate,] probate[,] or mental health matters or over
1-31     family law cases and proceedings other than juvenile proceedings.
1-32           SECTION 4.  Subsection (b), Section 25.0634, Government Code,
1-33     is amended to read as follows:
1-34           (b)  A county criminal court has no jurisdiction over [civil,
1-35     civil appellate,] probate[,] or mental health matters.
1-36           SECTION 5.  (a)  The County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton
1-37     County is created October 1, 2000.
1-38           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section,
1-39     this Act takes effect October 1, 2000.
1-40           (c)  Sections 25.0633 and 25.0634, Government Code, as
1-41     amended by Sections 3 and 4 of this Act, take effect September 1,
1-42     1999, but only if S.B. No. 1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
1-43     Regular Session, 1999, is enacted and becomes law. If S.B. No.
1-44     1163, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does not
1-45     become law, Sections 3 and 4 of this Act have no effect.
1-46           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-47     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-48     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-49     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-50     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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