79R13677 QS-D

By:  Martinez                                                     H.B. No. 3570


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Hidalgo County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Hidalgo County has the following statutory county courts: (1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County; (2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County; (3) County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County; [and] (4) County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County; and (5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County. SECTION 2. Section 25.1102, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) The County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County shall give preference to family law cases and proceedings, other than cases and proceedings in which family violence is alleged. SECTION 3. The County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County is created on the effective date of this Act. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.