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By: Krause (Senate Sponsor - Powell) |
H.B. No. 3642 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; |
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April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3642 |
By: Zaffirini |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of a county court 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 [matters] and criminal |
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[causes], original and appellate, prescribed by law for county |
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courts. [The County Court at Law No.
1 of Tarrant County also has
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jurisdiction over all criminal matters and causes, original and
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appellate, prescribed by law for county courts. The County Courts
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at Law Nos. 2 and 3 of Tarrant County do not have criminal
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jurisdiction.] Notwithstanding any other provision, a county court |
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at law in Tarrant County has jurisdiction on any appeal from a |
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municipal court of record in Tarrant County that is not an appeal of |
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a criminal law case or proceeding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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