By Barrientos S.B. No. 954 77R5408 JMC-F 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 1-10 regardless of the amount in controversy, except that, unless 1-11 otherwise provided by law, a county court at law does not have 1-12 concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in: 1-13 (1) family law cases and proceedings; or 1-14 (2) any matter in which exclusive jurisdiction or 1-15 venue is in the district court. 1-16 (d) In civil cases, the jury is composed of six members 1-17 unless: 1-18 (1) a 12-member jury is required under the 1-19 constitution; or 1-20 (2) a party to the case files a written request for a 1-21 12-member jury not later than the 30th day before the date of the 1-22 trial. 1-23 SECTION 2. Section 25.2292(d), Government Code, as added by 1-24 this Act, applies only to a case filed on or after the effective 2-1 date of this Act. A case filed before the effective date of this 2-2 Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the case was 2-3 filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.