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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the statutory county courts in Denton County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0632, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(g) Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), the [The] jury |
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in a statutory county court or statutory probate court in all civil |
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or criminal matters is composed of 12 members, except that in |
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misdemeanor criminal cases and any other case in which the court has |
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jurisdiction that under general law would be concurrent with the |
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county court, the jury is composed of six members. |
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(g-1) The jury in the County Court at Law No. 1 and the |
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County Court at Law No. 2 may be composed of either six or 12 |
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members, unless otherwise provided by law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.0633(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) The County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County has: |
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(1) jurisdiction over all civil causes and |
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proceedings, original and appellate, prescribed by law for county |
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courts; and |
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(2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in |
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civil cases in which the matter in controversy exceeds $500 but does |
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not exceed $500,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive |
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damages and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on |
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the face of the petition. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |