By: Seliger S.B. No. 673
(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2005; March 2, 2005,
read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
March 29, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 29, 2005,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 673 By: Duncan
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Randall
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 25.1932, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Randall County has
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
(1) family law cases and proceedings;
(2) cases and proceedings involving justiciable
controversies and differences between spouses, or between parents,
or between parent and child, or between any of these and third
persons;
(3) civil cases in which the amount in controversy is
within the limits prescribed by Section 25.0003(c)(1); and
(4) felony cases to conduct arraignments, conduct
pretrial hearings, and accept [guilty] pleas in uncontested
matters.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
to a criminal case that is pending or commences on or after the
effective date of this Act.
(b) For purposes of this section, a criminal case is pending
if a final judgment has not been entered in the case and commences
when an indictment or information is presented to the court.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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