By Kuempel H.B. No. 1791
77R6505 JMC-D
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 Guadalupe County.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.0961, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 25.0961. GUADALUPE COUNTY. (a) Guadalupe County has
1-8 the following [one] statutory county courts:
1-9 (1) [court,] the County Court at Law of Guadalupe
1-10 County; and
1-11 (2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Guadalupe County.
1-12 (b) A county court at law in [The County Court at Law of]
1-13 Guadalupe County sits in Seguin.
1-14 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 25.0961, Government Code,
1-15 as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of Guadalupe
1-16 County is created January 1, 2003, or on an earlier date determined
1-17 by the commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes.
1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.