By Pitts                                               H.B. No. 200
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
 1-3     Ellis County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 25.0721, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 25.0721.  ELLIS COUNTY.  Ellis County has the following
 1-8     [one] statutory county courts:
 1-9                 (1)  [court,] the County Court at Law of Ellis County;
1-10     and
1-11                 (2)  the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ellis County.
1-12           SECTION 2.  Section 25.0722, Government Code, is amended by
1-13     adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-14           (c)  The County Court at Law No. 2 of Ellis County has
1-15     concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases
1-16     regardless of the amount in controversy.
1-17           SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 25.0721, Government Code,
1-18     as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ellis
1-19     County is created May 1, 2003, or on an earlier date determined by
1-20     the commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes.
1-21           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.