1-1     By:  Wentworth                                         S.B. No. 797
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2001; February 21, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 14, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 14, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
 1-9     Guadalupe County.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 25.0961, Government Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 25.0961.  GUADALUPE COUNTY.  (a)  Guadalupe County has
1-14     the following [one] statutory county courts:
1-15                 (1)  [court,] the County Court at Law of Guadalupe
1-16     County; and
1-17                 (2)  the County Court at Law No. 2 of Guadalupe County.
1-18           (b)  A county court at law in [The County Court at Law of]
1-19     Guadalupe County sits in Seguin.
1-20           SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Section 25.0961, Government Code,
1-21     as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of Guadalupe
1-22     County is created January 1, 2003, or on an earlier date determined
1-23     by the commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes.
1-24           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-26     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-27     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-28     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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