Amend CSHB 4833 (Senate committee printing) by striking 
Subsection (a) of SECTION 10 of the bill, amending Section 25.1182, 
Government Code (page 4, lines 44 through 53), and substituting the 
following:
	(a)  Section 25.1182, Government Code, is amended to read as 
follows:        
	Sec. 25.1182.  HUNT COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.  (a)  In 
addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other 
law, and except as limited by Subsection (b), a county court at law 
in Hunt County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court 
in:
		(1)  felony cases to:                                                  
			(A)  conduct arraignments;                                            
			(B)  conduct pretrial hearings;                                       
			(C)  accept guilty pleas; and                                         
			(D)  conduct jury trials on assignment of a 
district judge presiding in Hunt County and acceptance of the 
assignment by the judge of the county court at law;
		(2)  Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases;                            
		(3)  family law matters;                                               
		(4)  juvenile matters;                                                 
		(5)  probate matters; and                                              
		(6)  appeals from the justice and municipal courts.                    
	(b)  A county court at law's civil jurisdiction concurrent 
with the district court in civil cases is limited to cases in which 
the matter in controversy does not exceed $200,000. A county court 
at law does not have general supervisory control or appellate 
review of the commissioners court or jurisdiction of:
		(1)  suits on behalf of this state to recover penalties 
or escheated property;
		(2)  felony cases involving capital murder;                            
		(3)  misdemeanors involving official misconduct; or                    
		(4)  contested elections [has the same terms of court 
as the County Court of Hunt County].
	(c)  The judge of a county court at law must have the same 
qualifications as those required by law for a district judge.
	(d)  The judge of a county court at law shall be paid a total
[an] annual salary  set by the commissioners court at an amount 
that is not less than $1,000 less than the total annual salary 
received by a district judge in the county.  A district judge's or 
statutory county court judge's total annual salary does not include 
contributions and supplements paid by a county [that is at least 
$42,500, to be paid from the same fund and in the same manner as the 
county judge.  The judge is entitled to receive travel expenses and 
necessary office expenses in the same manner as is allowed the 
county judge].
	(e)  The judge of a county court at law [shall diligently 
discharge the duties of his office on a full-time basis and] may not 
engage in the private practice of law.
	(f)  The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at 
law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, 
and the county clerk shall serve as clerk of a county court at law in 
all other matters.  Each clerk shall establish a separate docket for 
a county court at law [A special judge of a county court at law with 
the same qualifications as the regular judge may be appointed or 
elected in the manner provided by law for county courts.  If the 
judge of a county court at law is disqualified to try a case pending 
in the judge's court, the parties or their attorneys may agree on 
the selection of a special judge to try the case.  A special judge is 
entitled to receive $100 for each day served to be paid out of the 
general fund of the county by the commissioners court].
	(g)  The official court reporter of a county court at law is 
entitled to receive a salary set by the judge of the county court at 
law with the approval of the commissioners court [The county 
sheriff shall, in person or by deputy, attend a county court at law 
as required by the judge].
	(h)  Jurors summoned for a county court at law or a district 
court in the county may by order of the judge of the court to which 
they are summoned be transferred to another court for service and 
may be used as if summoned for the court to which they are 
transferred [Practice in a county court at law is that prescribed 
by law for county courts].
	[(i)  Section 25.0005(b) does not apply to a county court at 
law in Hunt County.]