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.