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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the county courts at law in Parker County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.1861, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.1861. PARKER COUNTY. (a) Parker County has the |
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following statutory county courts: |
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(1) the County Court at Law No. 1 of Parker County; |
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and |
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(2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Parker County. |
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(b) The statutory county courts in [County Court at Law of] |
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Parker County sit [sits] in Weatherford. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.1863(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A county court at law has concurrent jurisdiction with |
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the district court over contested probate matters. Notwithstanding |
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the requirement in Subsection (b), Section 5, Texas Probate Code, |
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that the judge of the constitutional county court transfer a |
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contested probate proceeding to the district court, the judge of |
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the constitutional county court shall transfer the proceeding under |
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that section to either a county court at law in [the County Court at
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Law of] Parker County or a [the] district court in Parker County. A |
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[The] county court at law has the jurisdiction, powers, and duties |
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that a district court has under Subsection (b), Section 5, Texas |
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Probate Code, for the transferred proceeding, and the county clerk |
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acts as clerk for the proceeding. The contested proceeding may be |
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transferred between a [the] county court at law in Parker County and |
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a [the] district court in Parker County as provided by local rules |
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of administration. |
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SECTION 3. Section 25.1862(e), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. (a) A reference in law to the County Court at Law |
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of Parker County means the County Court at Law No. 1 of Parker |
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County. |
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(b) The judge of the County Court at Law of Parker County, |
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unless otherwise removed as provided by law, continues to serve as |
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judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Parker County for the |
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remainder of the term to which the judge was elected or appointed, |
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notwithstanding the change made by this Act to the name of the |
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court. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect October 1, 2007. |