78R6197 YDB-D
By: Lindsay S.B. No. 1206
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of a county civil court at law in
Harris County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1032(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) A county civil court at law in Harris County has
concurrent [exclusive] jurisdiction with the district court [in
Harris County] of eminent domain proceedings, both statutory and
inverse, regardless of the amount in controversy. A party
initiating a condemnation proceeding in Harris County may file a
petition with any clerk authorized to accept the petition for the
district courts. In addition to other jurisdiction provided by
law, a county civil court at law has jurisdiction to:
(1) decide the issue of title to real or personal
property;
(2) hear a suit to recover damages for slander or
defamation of character;
(3) hear a suit for the enforcement of a lien on real
property;
(4) hear a suit for the forfeiture of a corporate
charter;
(5) hear a suit for the trial of the right to property
valued at $200 or more that has been levied on under a writ of
execution, sequestration, or attachment; and
(6) hear a suit for the recovery of real property.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.