83R1278 RWG-D
 
  By: Darby H.B. No. 616
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the civil jurisdiction of the County Court of Glasscock
  County.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 26.187, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 26.187.  GLASSCOCK COUNTY. The County Court of
  Glasscock County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court,
  general criminal jurisdiction, [and] juvenile jurisdiction as
  provided by Section 26.042(b), and, concurrent with the district
  court, the [but has no other] civil jurisdiction of a county court.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
  action filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
  the law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.