By: King of Parker (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3992
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2007;
  May 7, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Jurisprudence; May 17, 2007, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the county courts at law in Parker County.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.1861, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 25.1861.  PARKER COUNTY.  (a)  Parker County has the
  following statutory county courts:
               (1)  the County Court at Law No. 1 of Parker County;
  and
               (2)  the County Court at Law No. 2 of Parker County.
         (b)  The statutory county courts in [County Court at Law of]
  Parker County sit [sits] in Weatherford.
         SECTION 2.  Section 25.1863(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A county court at law has concurrent jurisdiction with
  the district court over contested probate matters. Notwithstanding
  the requirement in Subsection (b), Section 5, Texas Probate Code,
  that the judge of the constitutional county court transfer a
  contested probate proceeding to the district court, the judge of
  the constitutional county court shall transfer the proceeding under
  that section to either a county court at law in [the County Court at
  Law of] Parker County or a [the] district court in Parker County. A 
  [The] county court at law has the jurisdiction, powers, and duties
  that a district court has under Subsection (b), Section 5, Texas
  Probate Code, for the transferred proceeding, and the county clerk
  acts as clerk for the proceeding. The contested proceeding may be
  transferred between a [the] county court at law in Parker County and
  a [the] district court in Parker County as provided by local rules
  of administration.
         SECTION 3.  Section 25.1862(e), Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  A reference in law to the County Court at Law
  of Parker County means the County Court at Law No. 1 of Parker
  County.
         (b)  The judge of the County Court at Law of Parker County,
  unless otherwise removed as provided by law, continues to serve as
  judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Parker County for the
  remainder of the term to which the judge was elected or appointed,
  notwithstanding the change made by this Act to the name of the
  court.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect October 1, 2007.
 
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