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79R9476 YDB-D


By:  Hardcastle                                                   H.B. No. 788

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 788:                                    

By:  Hartnett                                                 C.S.H.B. No. 788



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the jurisdiction of the district court and the transfer 
of cases from the county courts in the 50th Judicial District to the 
district court.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 24.152, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as 
follows:
	(b)  In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 
district court in Baylor, Cottle, King, and Knox Counties 
[counties] has the civil and criminal jurisdiction of a county 
court.
	(d)  In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, the judge of the 
county court in Baylor, Cottle, King, or Knox County may transfer a 
case to the judge of the 50th District Court with the approval of 
the district judge.  When a case is transferred, all processes, 
writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations  issued from the 
transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is 
transferred as if originally issued by that court.  The obligees in 
all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a 
case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a court 
from which a case is transferred, are required to appear before the 
court to which a case is transferred as if originally required to 
appear before the court to which the transfer is made.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.