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. ______________________________ ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ 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 APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor