Bill Text: TX HB4048 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the 2nd Multicounty Court at Law in Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen Counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB4048 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4048-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 4048 | |
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| relating to the creation of the 2nd Multicounty Court at Law in Bee, | ||
| Live Oak, and McMullen Counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 25, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 25.2703 and 25.2704 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.2703. 2ND MULTICOUNTY COURT AT LAW (BEE, LIVE OAK, | ||
| AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES). Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen Counties have a | ||
| multicounty statutory county court composed of those counties, the | ||
| 2nd Multicounty Court at Law. | ||
| Sec. 25.2704. 2ND MULTICOUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. (a) | ||
| In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and | ||
| other law, the 2nd Multicounty Court at Law has concurrent | ||
| jurisdiction with the district courts, except in civil cases in | ||
| which the matter in controversy exceeds the amount provided by | ||
| Section 25.0003(c)(1). | ||
| (b) Bee County is the administrative county for the 2nd | ||
| Multicounty Court at Law. | ||
| (c) Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen Counties shall enter into an | ||
| interlocal agreement allocating the financial obligations of each | ||
| county in relation to the county court at law and the budget, | ||
| powers, and duties of the court and salaries of court personnel. | ||
| (d) If the counties served by the county court at law are | ||
| unable to reach an agreement under Subsection (c) before the first | ||
| day of the fiscal year for a county served by the court, each county | ||
| shall pay to the court's administrative county a share of the | ||
| court's administrative and operational costs for the fiscal year | ||
| based on the proportion of the court's caseload originating in the | ||
| county during the preceding year. A county is entitled to | ||
| compensation from the state under Section 25.0015 in proportion to | ||
| the amount paid under this subsection. | ||
| (e) The district clerk serves as clerk of the county court | ||
| at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district | ||
| court, and the county clerk serves as clerk of the county court at | ||
| law in all other cases. | ||
| (f) Sections 25.0006, 25.0008, and 74.054(b) do not apply to | ||
| the county court at law. | ||
| (g) Notwithstanding Section 74.121(b)(1), in matters of | ||
| concurrent jurisdiction, the judge of the 2nd Multicounty Court at | ||
| Law and the judges of the district courts in Bee, Live Oak, and | ||
| McMullen Counties may exchange benches and courtrooms and may | ||
| transfer cases between their dockets in the same manner that judges | ||
| of district courts exchange benches and courtrooms and transfer | ||
| cases under Section 24.003. | ||
| SECTION 2. The 2nd Multicounty Court at Law is created | ||
| September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
