Amend CSHB 3153 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 25.1772(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(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 Navarro 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 Navarro 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)  disputes ancillary to probate, eminent domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts, whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in controversy or the remedy sought; and

(7)  appeals from the justice and municipal courts.