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79R7540 RMB-D
By: Keel H.B. No. 3414
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the county courts at
law in Travis County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.2292, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (n) to read
as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Travis County has
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases
regardless of the amount [in which the matter] in controversy and in
family law cases and proceedings [exceeds $500 but does not exceed
$250,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive damages and
penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on the face of
the petition].
(d) In civil cases, the jury is composed of six members
unless a party to the case files a written request for a 12-member
jury not later than the 30th day before the date of the trial and:
(1) the amount in controversy exceeds $100,000; or
[and]
(2) a party is requesting relief under Title 1 or 5,
Family Code [a party to the case files a written request for a
12-member jury not later than the 30th day before the date of the
trial].
(n) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at
law in all cases arising under Title 1 or 5, Family Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
action filed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.