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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 County Court at Law of Kleberg |
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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 25.1392(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 Kleberg County has: |
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(1) the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and |
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by general law for district courts; and |
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(2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court |
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[in]: |
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(A) in disputes ancillary to probate, eminent |
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domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to |
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the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts, |
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whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any |
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other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in |
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controversy or the remedy sought; |
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(B) over civil forfeitures, including surety |
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bond forfeitures without minimum or maximum limitation as to the |
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amount in controversy or remedy sought; |
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(C) in all actions by or against a personal |
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representative, in all actions involving an inter vivos trust, in |
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all actions involving a charitable trust, and in all actions |
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involving a testamentary trust, whether the matter is appertaining |
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to or incident to an estate; |
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(D) in [(1)] family law cases and proceedings; |
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and |
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(E) in [(2)] felony cases to conduct |
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arraignments, conduct pretrial hearings, and accept guilty pleas. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.1392(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a cause of action filed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A cause of action filed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the cause of action was filed, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |