1-1 By: Turner of Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1765 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001; 1-3 May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by 1-5 the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to 1-6 printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Brown 1-10 County. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Government Code, is 1-13 amended by adding Sections 25.0271 and 25.0272 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 25.0271. BROWN COUNTY. Brown County has one statutory 1-15 county court, the County Court at Law of Brown County. 1-16 Sec. 25.0272. BROWN COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. (a) In 1-17 addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other 1-18 law, a county court at law of Brown County has concurrent 1-19 jurisdiction with the district court in: 1-20 (1) family law cases and proceedings; and 1-21 (2) felony criminal cases. 1-22 (b) The commissioners court by order entered of record shall 1-23 set at least two terms of court each year for each county court at 1-24 law. 1-25 (c) A judge of a county court at law may not engage in the 1-26 private practice of law. 1-27 (d) The salary of a judge of a county court at law shall be 1-28 set by the commissioners court in accordance with law and shall be 1-29 paid out of the county treasury on orders from the commissioners 1-30 court. 1-31 (e) A special judge of a county court at law may be 1-32 appointed in the manner provided by law for the appointment of a 1-33 special county judge. A special judge must have the same 1-34 qualifications and is entitled to the same rate of compensation as 1-35 the regular judge. 1-36 (f) The district clerk serves as the clerk of a county court 1-37 at law in matters in which the county court at law has concurrent 1-38 jurisdiction with the district court. The county clerk serves as 1-39 the clerk of a county court at law in all other matters. 1-40 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 25.0271, Government Code, 1-41 as added by this Act, the County Court at Law of Brown County is 1-42 created January 1, 2003, or on an earlier date determined by the 1-43 commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes. 1-44 * * * * *