1-1     By:  Solomons (Senate Sponsor - Nelson)               H.B. No. 2314
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
 1-3     April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 4, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton
 1-9     County and to the jurisdiction of and certain procedure in that
1-10     court.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Section 25.0631(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-13     read as follows:
1-14           (a)  Denton County has the following statutory county courts:
1-15                 (1)  County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton County;
1-16                 (2)  County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County;
1-17                 (3)  County Criminal Court No. 1 of Denton County;
1-18                 (4) [(3)]  County Criminal Court No. 2 of Denton
1-19     County;
1-20                 (5) [(4)]  County Criminal Court No. 3 of Denton
1-21     County;
1-22                 (6) [(5)]  County Criminal Court No. 4 of Denton
1-23     County; and
1-24                 (7) [(6)]  County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton
1-25     County.
1-26           SECTION 2. Section 25.0633, Government Code, is amended by
1-27     adding Subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
1-28           (e)  The County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County has
1-29     jurisdiction over all civil causes and proceedings, original and
1-30     appellate, prescribed by law for county courts.
1-31           (f)  The County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County does not
1-32     have jurisdiction over:
1-33                 (1)  causes and proceedings concerning roads, bridges,
1-34     and public highways;
1-35                 (2)  the general administration of county business that
1-36     is within the jurisdiction of the commissioners court of each
1-37     county; or
1-38                 (3)  criminal causes and proceedings.
1-39           (g)  The County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County has the
1-40     jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts, statutory
1-41     county courts, or district courts over civil penalties and
1-42     forfeitures, including bail bond forfeitures and escheats,
1-43     regardless of the amount in controversy or remedy sought.
1-44           (h)  Appeals in all cases from judgments and orders of the
1-45     County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County are to the court of
1-46     appeals as provided for an appeal from a district or county court.
1-47           SECTION 3. The County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County is
1-48     created and this Act takes effect May 1, 2002.
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