By: Fraser S.B. No. 1875 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Brown 1-2 County. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Sections 25.0271 and 25.0272 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 25.0271. BROWN COUNTY. Brown County has one statutory 1-7 county court, the County Court at Law of Brown County. 1-8 Sec. 25.0272. BROWN COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. (a) In 1-9 addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other 1-10 law, a county court at law of Brown County has concurrent 1-11 jurisdiction with the district court in: 1-12 (1) family law cases and proceedings; and 1-13 (2) felony criminal cases. 1-14 (b) The commissioners court by order entered of record shall 1-15 set at least two terms of court each year for each county court at 1-16 law. 1-17 (c) A judge of a county court at law may not engage in the 1-18 private practice of law. 1-19 (d) The salary of a judge of a county court at law shall be 1-20 set by the commissioners court in accordance with law and shall be 1-21 paid out of the county treasury on orders from the commissioners 1-22 court. 1-23 (e) A special judge of a county court at law may be 1-24 appointed in the manner provided by law for the appointment of a 2-1 special county judge. A special judge must have the same 2-2 qualifications and is entitled to the same rate of compensation as 2-3 the regular judge. 2-4 (f) The district clerk serves as the clerk of a county court 2-5 at law in matters in which the county court at law has concurrent 2-6 jurisdiction with the district court. The county clerk serves as 2-7 the clerk of a county court at law in all other matters. 2-8 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 25.0271, Government Code, 2-9 as added by this Act, the County Court at Law of Brown County is 2-10 created January 1, 2001, or on an earlier date determined by the 2-11 commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes. 2-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.