SRC-JEC S.B. 797 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 797
By: Wentworth
Intergovernmental Relations
6/20/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Guadalupe County has one statutory county court.  S.B. 797
creates an additional statutory county court for Guadalupe County with all
the powers and duties of the current statutory county court. 

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 25.0961, Government Code, to provide that,
rather than one statutory county court, Guadalupe County has the following
statutory county courts: 

 (1)  the County Court at Law of Guadalupe County; and

 (2)  the County Court at Law No. 2 of Guadalupe County.

Provides that a county court at law in Guadalupe County sits in Seguin.

SECTION 2.  Provides that notwithstanding Section 25.0961, Government Code,
as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of Guadalupe County
is created January 1, 2003, or on an earlier date determined by the
commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.