Amend CSHB 4833 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered sections and renumbering
accordingly:
SECTION __. Effective January 1, 2011, Section 25.1311,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 25.1311. KAUFMAN COUNTY. Kaufman County has the
following statutory county courts:
(1) the County Court at Law of Kaufman County; [and]
(2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Kaufman County;
and
(3) the County Court at Law No. 3 of Kaufman County.
Section __. Effective January 1, 2011, Section 25.1312,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 25.1312. KAUFMAN COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003
and other law, a statutory county court in Kaufman County has,
except as limited by Subsections (b) , and (b-1), and (b-2), the
jurisdiction provided by the constitution and general law for
district courts.
(b) A statutory county court in Kaufman County does not have
general supervisory control or appellate review of the
commissioners court or jurisdiction of:
(1) felony cases involving capital murder;
(2) suits on behalf of the state to recover penalties
or escheated property;
(3) misdemeanors involving official misconduct; or
(4) contested elections.
(b-1) The County Court at Law No. 2 of Kaufman County does
not have jurisdiction of civil cases in which the amount in
controversy exceeds the limit prescribed by Section 25.0003(c)(1).
(b-2) The County Court at Law No. 3 of Kaufman County does
not have jurisdiction of civil cases in which the amount in
controversy exceeds $250,000.
SECTION __. Notwithstanding Section 25.0009, Government
Code, the initial vacancy in the office of judge of the County Court
at Law No. 3 of Kaufman County shall be filled by election. The
office exists for purposes of the primary and general elections in
2010. A vacancy after the initial vacancy is filled as provided by
Section 25.0009, Government Code.
SECTION __. The County Court at Law No. 3 of Kaufman County
is created January 1, 2011.