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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Jefferson |
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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 26.223, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) If the county judge is licensed to practice law in this |
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state, the [The] County Court of Jefferson County has [the general] |
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jurisdiction concurrent with the County Court at Law of Jefferson |
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County over all causes and proceedings, civil and criminal, [of a
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probate court and] juvenile and probate, original and appellate, |
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over which by the constitution and general laws of this state county |
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courts have jurisdiction [as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has
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no other civil or criminal jurisdiction]. |
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(a-1) If the county judge is not licensed to practice law in |
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this state, the County Court of Jefferson County has concurrent |
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jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Jefferson County only |
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in probate proceedings, administrations of estates, guardianship |
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proceedings, mental illness proceedings, and juvenile matters as |
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provided by Section 26.042(b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |