H.B. No. 3547




AN ACT

relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in 
Kaufman County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.1311, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 25.1311.  KAUFMAN COUNTY.  Kaufman County has the 
following [one] statutory county courts:
		(1)  [court,] the County Court at Law of Kaufman 
County; and
		(2)  the County Court at Law No. 2 of Kaufman County.                  
	SECTION 2.  Section 25.1312, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 
25.0003 and other law, a statutory county court in Kaufman County 
has, except as limited by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (b-1), 
the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and general law for 
district courts.
	(b-1)  The County Court at Law No. 2 of Kaufman County does 
not have jurisdiction of civil cases in which the amount in 
controversy exceeds the limit prescribed by Section 25.0003(c)(1).
	SECTION 3.  Section 152.1351(a), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Kaufman County Juvenile Board is composed of the 
county judge, the judges [judge] of the county courts at law [County 
Court at Law] of Kaufman County, the district judges in Kaufman 
County, and the criminal district attorney.
	SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding Section 25.1311, Government 
Code, as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 2 of 
Kaufman County is created September 1, 2007, or on an earlier date 
determined by the Commissioners Court of Kaufman County by an order 
entered in its minutes.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 3547 on May 23, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 21, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor