78R8612 YDB-D


By:  Brown of Kaufman                                             H.B. No. 3553



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in 
Henderson County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.1091, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 25.1091.  HENDERSON COUNTY. Henderson County has the 
following [one] statutory county courts:
		(1)  [court,] the County Court at Law of Henderson 
County; and
		(2)  the County Court at Law No. 2 of Henderson County.                
	SECTION 2.  Sections 152.1131(a) and (c), Human Resources 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The juvenile board of Henderson County is composed of:                    
		(1)  the county judge;                                                        
		(2)  the judges of the 3rd, 173rd, and 392nd judicial 
districts;            
		(3)  the judges [judge] of the county courts [court] at 
law; and
		(4)  the county attorney.                                                     
	(c)  The commissioners court shall pay the 173rd and 392nd 
district judges and the county court at law judges [judge] an amount 
set by the commissioners court at not less than $750 a month and 
shall pay the 3rd district judge an amount set by the commissioners 
court at not less than one-third of the amount paid to the 173rd or 
392nd district judge or the county court at law judges [judge].  The 
commissioners court shall pay the other juvenile board members an 
amount set by the commissioners court at not less than $250 a month. 
The compensation is in addition to other compensation provided or 
allowed by law.
	SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Section 25.1091, Government 
Code, as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of 
Henderson County is created December 1, 2007, or on an earlier date 
determined by the commissioners court by an order entered in its 
minutes.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.