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.