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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 statutory county courts of |
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Hidalgo County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, is amended |
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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 Hidalgo County has |
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concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in: |
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(1) family law cases and proceedings; [and] |
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(2) civil cases in which the matter in controversy |
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does not exceed $750,000, 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 page of the petition; and |
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(3) criminal cases for an offense punishable as a |
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state jail felony. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made to Section 25.1102(a), |
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Government Code, by this Act applies only to an action filed in a |
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statutory county court of Hidalgo County on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. An action filed in a statutory county court of |
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Hidalgo County before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |