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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in |
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Rockwall County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.2011, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.2011. ROCKWALL COUNTY. Rockwall County has the |
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following statutory county courts: |
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(1) [one statutory county court,] the County Court at |
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Law No. 1 of Rockwall County; and |
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(2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Rockwall County. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 25.2012(c), (g), and (h), Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at |
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law except that the county clerk serves as clerk of a [the] county |
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court at law in matters of mental health, the probate and criminal |
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misdemeanor docket, and all civil matters in which a [the] county |
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court at law does not have concurrent jurisdiction with a [the] |
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district court. |
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(g) When administering a case for a [the] county court at |
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law, the district clerk shall charge civil fees and court costs as |
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if the case had been filed in a [the] district court. In a case of |
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concurrent jurisdiction, the case shall be assigned to either a |
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[the] district court or a [the] county court at law in accordance |
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with local administrative rules established by the local |
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administrative judge. |
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(h) The judge of a [the] county court at law shall appoint an |
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official court reporter for the judge's court and shall set the |
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official court reporter's annual salary, subject to approval by the |
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county commissioners court. The official court reporter of a [the] |
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county court at law shall take an oath or affirmation as an officer |
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of the court. The official court reporter holds office at the |
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pleasure of the judge [of the court] and shall be provided a private |
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office in close proximity to the court. The official court reporter |
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is entitled to all rights and benefits afforded all other county |
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employees. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |