1-1     By:  Kitchen, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)    H.B. No. 3646
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the jurisdiction of and procedure in a county court at
1-10     law in Travis County.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 25.2292, Government Code, is amended by
1-13     adding Subsections (a) and (d) to read as follows:
1-14           (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
1-15     25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Travis County has
1-16     concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases in
1-17     which the matter in controversy exceeds $500 but does not exceed
1-18     $250,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive damages and
1-19     penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on the face of
1-20     the petition.
1-21           (d)  In civil cases, the jury is composed of six members
1-22     unless:
1-23                 (1)  the amount in controversy exceeds $100,000; and
1-24                 (2)  a party to the case files a written request for a
1-25     12-member jury not later than the 30th day before the date of the
1-26     trial.
1-27           SECTION 2.  Section 25.2292(d), Government Code, as added by
1-28     this Act, applies only to a case filed on or after the effective
1-29     date of this Act.  A case filed before the effective date of this
1-30     Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the case was
1-31     filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-32           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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