Bill Text: TX HB4281 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the 1st Multicounty County Court at Law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB4281 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4281-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4281 |
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relating to the 1st Multicounty County Court at Law. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.2702, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section | ||
25.0003 and other law, the 1st Multicounty Court at Law has | ||
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in: | ||
(1) family law cases and proceedings; and | ||
(2) felony criminal cases. | ||
(d) The judge of the county court at law shall appoint an | ||
official court reporter. The judge may appoint a court | ||
administrator to aid the judge in the performance of the judge's | ||
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administrator of the county court at law are [ |
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receive the same salary and to be paid in the same manner as the | ||
official court reporter and court administrator, respectively, of | ||
the district court in the administrative county for the court [ |
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court shall tax as costs, in each civil, criminal, and probate case | ||
in which a record of any part of the evidence in the case is made by | ||
the reporter, a stenographer's fee of $25. The fee shall be paid in | ||
the same manner as other costs in the case. The clerk collects the | ||
fee and pays it into the general funds of the counties. | ||
(g) The judge of the county court at law is entitled to | ||
travel expenses and necessary office expenses as authorized by the | ||
commissioners court of the administrative county. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 3.07(b), Chapter 1182 (S.B. 1139), Acts | ||
of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, which amends | ||
Section 25.2701, Government Code, to be effective January 1, 2019, | ||
is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4281 was passed by the House on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4281 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |