By Hinojosa                                           H.B. No. 3248
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the creation of the County Criminal Court at Law of
 1-3     Hidalgo County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  Hidalgo County has the following statutory county
 1-8     courts:
 1-9                 (1)  County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County;
1-10                 (2)  County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County;
1-11                 (3)  County Court at Law No. 3 of Hidalgo County;
1-12     [and]
1-13                 (4)  County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County; and
1-14                 (5)  County Criminal Court at Law of Hidalgo County.
1-15           SECTION 2. Section 25.1102, Government Code, is amended by
1-16     adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
1-17           (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a county criminal court
1-18     at law in Hidalgo County has only the jurisdiction provided by this
1-19     subsection.   A county criminal court at law has jurisdiction over
1-20     all criminal causes and proceedings, original and appellate,
1-21     prescribed by law for county courts.
1-22           SECTION 3. The County Criminal Court at Law of Hidalgo County
1-23     is created and this Act takes effect September 1, 2002.