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Amend CSHB 4833 (Senate committee printing) by striking 
Subsection (a) of SECTION 13 of the bill (page 6, lines 13 through 
24) and substituting the following:
	(a)  Effective January 1, 2011, Subchapter C, Chapter 25, 
Government Code, is amended by adding Section 25.2362 to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 25.2362.  VAN ZANDT 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 Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt 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.                                              
	(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 
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.
	(e)  The judge of a county court at law 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.
	(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.
	(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.