1-1 By: Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Cain) H.B. No. 200
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
1-9 Ellis County and to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in
1-10 that county.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 25.0721, Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 25.0721. ELLIS COUNTY. Ellis County has the following
1-15 [one] statutory county courts:
1-16 (1) [court,] the County Court at Law of Ellis County;
1-17 and
1-18 (2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ellis County.
1-19 SECTION 2. Section 25.0722, Government Code, is amended by
1-20 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-21 (c) The county courts at law of Ellis County have concurrent
1-22 jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases regardless of
1-23 the amount in controversy.
1-24 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 25.0721, Government Code,
1-25 as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ellis
1-26 County is created December 31, 2003, or on an earlier date
1-27 determined by the commissioners court by an order entered in its
1-28 minutes.
1-29 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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