By Kitchen, Naishtat, Maxey, Dukes, Keel              H.B. No. 3646
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the jurisdiction of and procedure in a county court at
 1-3     law in Travis County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 25.2292, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsections (a) and (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
 1-8     25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Travis County has
 1-9     concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases in
1-10     which the matter in controversy exceeds $500 but does not exceed
1-11     $250,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive damages and
1-12     penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on the face of
1-13     the petition.
1-14           (d)  In civil cases, the jury is composed of six members
1-15     unless:
1-16                 (1)  the amount in controversy exceeds $100,000; and
1-17                 (2)  a party to the case files a written request for a
1-18     12-member jury not later than the 30th day before the date of the
1-19     trial.
1-20           SECTION 2.  Section 25.2292(d), Government Code, as added by
1-21     this Act, applies only to a case filed on or after the effective
1-22     date of this Act.  A case filed before the effective date of this
1-23     Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the case was
1-24     filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 2-1           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.