1-1     By:  Nelson                                           S.B. No. 1094
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2001; March 6, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 28, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 28, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the administration and jurisdiction of the statutory
 1-9     county courts in Denton County and to the operation of the
1-10     statutory probate court in Denton County.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 25.0631, Government Code,
1-13     is amended to read as follows:
1-14           (c)  The statutory county courts of Denton County sit in the
1-15     county seat or at another location in the county as assigned by the
1-16     local administrative statutory county court judge.  The statutory
1-17     probate court of Denton County sits in the county seat and may
1-18     conduct docket matters at other locations in the county as the
1-19     statutory probate court judge considers necessary for the
1-20     protection of wards or mental health respondents or as otherwise
1-21     provided by law.
1-22           SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 25.0633, and Subsections
1-23     (c) and (d), Section 25.0634, Government Code, are repealed.
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.
1-29                                  * * * * *