78R4908 QS-D

By:  Seaman                                                       H.B. No. 3630



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the County Court at Law of Aransas County.                        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 25.0062(b) and (c), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at 
law in felony cases and family law cases and proceedings [matters of 
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court], and the county 
clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in all other cases.  
The district clerk shall establish a separate docket for a county 
court at law.  The commissioners court shall provide the deputy 
clerks, bailiffs, and other personnel necessary to operate a county 
court at law.
	(c)  The jury is composed of six [12] members, unless the 
constitution or other law requires a 12–member jury [in all matters 
of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court and six members 
in misdemeanor criminal cases and all other cases].
	SECTION 2.  Section 152.0101(a), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The juvenile board of Aransas County is composed of the 
county judge, [and] the district judges in Aransas County, and the 
judge of the county court at law.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a case filed or proceeding commenced on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A case filed or proceeding commenced before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the case was filed or the proceeding was commenced, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.