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By:  Telford (Senate Sponsor - Ratliff)                           H.B. No. 501
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2003; 
April 3, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 2, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Marion County.          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 26.258, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 26.258.  MARION COUNTY.  The County Court of Marion 
County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court, general 
criminal jurisdiction, and [but has no other civil or criminal 
jurisdiction except] juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 
26.042(b) but has no other civil [and criminal] jurisdiction [to 
receive and enter guilty pleas in misdemeanor cases].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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