By Ogden S.B. No. 1808 77R10618 KLA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of a county court at law in Navarro 1-3 County. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Sections 25.1771 and 25.1772 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 25.1771. NAVARRO COUNTY. Navarro County has one 1-8 statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Navarro County. 1-9 Sec. 25.1772. NAVARRO COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. (a) 1-10 In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and 1-11 other law, and notwithstanding any law granting exclusive 1-12 jurisdiction to the district court, a county court at law in 1-13 Navarro County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court. 1-14 (b) The district clerk serves as clerk of a statutory county 1-15 court in all criminal matters in which the statutory county court 1-16 has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court. The county 1-17 clerk serves as clerk of the statutory county court in all other 1-18 matters. 1-19 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 25.1771, Government Code, 1-20 as added by this Act, the County Court at Law of Navarro County is 1-21 created September 1, 2003, or on an earlier date determined by the 1-22 commissioners court by an order entered in its minutes following a 1-23 nonbinding referendum held in the county in which the voters 1-24 express a public opinion on the creation of the court as provided 2-1 by Section 3 of this Act. 2-2 SECTION 3. (a) Before entering an order as provided by 2-3 Section 2 of this Act to create the County Court at Law of Navarro 2-4 County on a date earlier than September 1, 2003, the Commissioners 2-5 Court of Navarro County shall order a nonbinding referendum to be 2-6 held in the county on the question of whether to create a county 2-7 court at law in the county as provided by this Act. 2-8 (b) The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or 2-9 against the proposition: "Creating a county court at law in 2-10 Navarro County." 2-11 (c) The proposition shall be printed on the ballot under the 2-12 heading: "Referendum Proposition." Beneath the heading shall be 2-13 printed the following: "This referendum is an expression of public 2-14 opinion only and has no binding effect as law." 2-15 (d) The nonbinding referendum shall be conducted as provided 2-16 by the Election Code. 2-17 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.