By: Gonzales, Martinez, Peña H.B. No. 4793

(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2009; May 19, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of two additional county courts at law in Hidalgo County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Hidalgo County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County;

(3) County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County;

(4) County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County; [and]

(5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County;

(6) County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County; and

(7) County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County.

SECTION 2. (a) The County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County is created on the effective date of this Act.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 25.1101(a)(7), Government Code, as added by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County is created on September 1, 2012.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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