By Solomons                                           H.B. No. 2315
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the administration and jurisdiction of the statutory
 1-3     county courts in Denton County and to the operation of the
 1-4     statutory probate court in Denton County.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 25.0631(c), Government Code, is amended to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8           (c)  The statutory county courts of Denton County sit in the
 1-9     county seat or at another location in the county as assigned by the
1-10     local administrative statutory county court judge.  The statutory
1-11     probate court of Denton County sits in the county seat and may
1-12     conduct docket matters at other locations in the county as the
1-13     statutory probate court judge considers necessary for the
1-14     protection of wards or mental health respondents or as otherwise
1-15     provided by law.
1-16           SECTION 2. Sections 25.0633(b) and 25.0634(c) and (d),
1-17     Government Code, are repealed.
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.