By: Eltife S.B. No. 1806
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Harrison County Court at Law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.1042, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f) to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
  25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Harrison County has
  concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, on assignment of a
  district judge presiding in Harrison County, in family law cases
  and proceedings.
         (b)  Assignment and transfer of cases under Subsection (a) is
  at the discretion of the judge of the district court making the
  assignment. Assignment or transfer from a county court at law to a
  district court is governed by Section 74.121(b)(1).
         (c)  The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at
  law in cases assigned under Subsection (a), and the county clerk
  serves as clerk of the court in all other cases.
         (d)  A party to a case assigned under Subsection (a) may
  request a jury of 12 persons if the party makes the request not
  later than the 30th day before the trial date. A party who does not
  make a timely request under this subsection waives the right to
  request a 12-person jury and the case will proceed with a six-person
  jury.
         (f)  In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a district judge
  presiding in Harrison County may transfer cases from the district
  court to a county court at law in Harrison County in the same manner
  judges of district courts transfer cases under Section 24.003.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
  action filed on or after the effective date of this Act or pending
  on the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2015.