Bill Text: TX HB4296 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of Hidalgo County.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4296 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4296-Introduced.html

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85R10913 YDB-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 4296

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of
Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Hidalgo County has
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
(1) family law cases and proceedings; [and]
(2) civil cases in which the matter in controversy
does not exceed $750,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive
damages and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on
the page of the petition; and
(3) criminal cases for an offense punishable as a
state jail felony.
SECTION 2. The change in law made to Section 25.1102(a),
Government Code, by this Act applies only to an action filed in a
statutory county court of Hidalgo County on or after the effective
date of this Act. An action filed in a statutory county court of
Hidalgo County before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.