H.B. 3577 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 3577 By: Smithee Judicial Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE H.B. 3577 sets forth several provisions for the more efficient administration of justice in Randall County. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 3577 amends the Government Code to permit the county court at law in Randall County to sit in the county seat or at another location in the county as assigned by the local administrative statutory county court judge. The bill adds felony cases to the jurisdiction of the county court at law in Randall County, specifies the terms of this court, and provides that the county may not reduce the compensation paid to the judge of a county court at law during the judge's term in office. The bill also provides that in matters of concurrent jurisdiction, the judge of a county court at law and the judges of the district courts in the county may exchange benches and courtrooms and may transfer cases between their dockets in the same manner that judges of district courts exchange benches and transfer cases. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2003.