SRC-TBR H.B. 3666 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 3666
77R7385 KLA-DBy: Miller (Sibley)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/7/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a county court at law in Erath County does not have
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court to hear cases involving
matters in which a governmental entity files suit to protect the health and
safety of a child.  H.B. 3666 provides that the county court at law in
Erath County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in
proceedings relating to the custody, care, or control of a child by the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 25.0742, Government Code, as follows:

Sec. 25.0742.  ERATH COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. (a)  Provides that, in
addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a
county court at law in Erath County has concurrent jurisdiction with the
district court in proceedings under Chapter 262, Family Code, in which the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services has assumed the care,
custody, and control of a child. 

(b)  Subsection created from existing text.

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.