By: Nelson  S.B. No. 291
         (In the Senate - Filed January 9, 2015; January 28, 2015,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 31, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2015,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 291 By:  Nelson
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Tarrant
  County.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.2222(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A county court at law in Tarrant County has jurisdiction
  over all civil matters and causes, original and appellate,
  prescribed by law for county courts. The County Court at Law No. 1
  of Tarrant County also has jurisdiction over all criminal matters
  and causes, original and appellate, prescribed by law for county
  courts. The County Courts at Law Nos. 2 and 3 of Tarrant County do
  not have criminal jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other
  provision, a county court at law in Tarrant County has jurisdiction
  on any appeal from a municipal court of record in Tarrant County
  that is not an appeal of a criminal law case or proceeding.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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