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        |  | 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. |