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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of statutory county courts and |
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creation of an additional statutory probate court in Hidalgo |
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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 25.1101(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Hidalgo County has the following statutory probate |
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courts: |
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(1) [one statutory probate court, the] Probate Court |
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No. 1 of Hidalgo County; and |
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(2) Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County. |
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SECTION 2. 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]. |
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SECTION 3. On the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County is created; |
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and |
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(2) the Probate Court of Hidalgo County is |
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redesignated as Probate Court No. 1 of Hidalgo County. |
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SECTION 4. Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to an action filed in a county court at law |
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in Hidalgo County on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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action filed in a county court at law in Hidalgo County 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 action was filed, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025, if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that |
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date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |