By:  Barrientos                                        S.B. No. 954
                                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.  Subsection (d), Section 25.2292, Government Code,
1-21     as added by this Act, applies only to a case filed on or after the
1-22     effective date of this Act.  A case filed before the effective date
1-23     of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the case
1-24     was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-25           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.