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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 25.1042(a) and (g), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section |
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25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Harrison County has |
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concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, on assignment of a |
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district judge presiding in Harrison County, in: |
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(1) family law cases and proceedings; |
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(2) felony cases other than capital murder cases; and |
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(3) civil cases. |
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(g) The criminal district attorney is entitled to the same |
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fees prescribed by law for prosecutions in the county court, except |
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that in cases assigned under Subsection (a), the criminal district |
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attorney is entitled to the same fees prescribed by law for |
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prosecutions in a district court. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.1042(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to an action filed in a district court in |
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Harrison County on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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action filed in a district court in Harrison County before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the action was filed, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |