By:  Keffer of Eastland (Senate Sponsor - Averitt)                H.B. No. 3605
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2003; 
May 13, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 20, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 20, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hood 
County.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 25.1132(c) and (e), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A county court at law in Hood County has concurrent 
jurisdiction with the district court in:
		(1)  civil cases in which the matter in controversy 
exceeds $500 but does not exceed $250,000, excluding interest;
		(2)  family law cases and related proceedings;  [and]        
		(3)  contested probate matters under Section 5(b), 
Texas Probate Code; and
		(4)  contested guardianship matters under Section 
606(b), Texas Probate Code.
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (c)(3) or (4), a county 
court at law does not have probate jurisdiction.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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