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