By:  Brown of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Deuell)                   H.B. No. 3547
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005; 
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 20, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; 
May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3547                                   By:  Wentworth


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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