H.B. No. 3577
AN ACT
relating to the County Court at Law of Randall County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1931, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 25.1931. RANDALL COUNTY. (a) Randall County has one
statutory county court, the County Court at Law No. 1 of Randall
County.
(b) A county court at law of Randall County sits in the
county seat or at another location in the county as assigned by the
local administrative statutory county court judge.
SECTION 2. Section 25.1932, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (b) and (k)
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Randall County has
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
(1) family law cases and proceedings;
(2) cases and proceedings involving justiciable
controversies and differences between spouses, or between parents,
or between parent and child, or between any of these and third
persons; [and]
(3) civil cases; and
(4) felony cases to conduct arraignments, conduct
pretrial hearings, and accept guilty pleas.
(b) A county court at law has terms beginning on the first
Mondays of January and July of each year.
(d) The salary paid the judge of a county court at law shall
be paid out of the county treasury by the commissioners court,
except as otherwise provided by law.
(k) Notwithstanding Section 74.121(b)(1), 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 under Section 24.303.
SECTION 3. On September 1, 2003, the County Court at Law of
Randall County is redesignated as the County Court at Law No. 1 of
Randall County.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3577 was passed by the House on May
10, 2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3577 on May 30, 2003, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3577 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor