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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a statutory probate court in Collin |
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County to hear and determine certain matters pending in a district |
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or statutory county court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0453, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) Notwithstanding Section 74.094, a statutory probate |
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court judge may hear and determine a matter pending in any district |
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or statutory county court in Collin County regardless of whether |
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the matter is preliminary or final or whether there is a judgment in |
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the matter. The judge may sign a judgment or order in any of the |
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courts regardless of whether the case is transferred. The |
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judgment, order, or action is valid and binding as if the case were |
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pending in the court of the judge who acts in the matter. The |
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authority of this subsection applies to an active judge or a former |
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or retired judge assigned to a statutory probate court. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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