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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of county courts at law in Tarrant |
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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 25.2222(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A county court at law in Tarrant County has jurisdiction |
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over all causes and proceedings, civil and criminal, original and |
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appellate, prescribed by law for county courts but shall give |
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preference to civil cases. [civil matters and causes, original and
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appellate, prescribed by law for county courts. The County Court at
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Law No.
1 of Tarrant County also has jurisdiction over all criminal
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matters and causes, original and appellate, prescribed by law for
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county courts. The County Courts at Law Nos. 2 and 3 of Tarrant
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County do not have criminal jurisdiction.] Notwithstanding any |
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other provision, a county court at law in Tarrant County has |
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jurisdiction on any appeal from a municipal court of record in |
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Tarrant County that is not an appeal of a criminal law case or |
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proceeding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |