Bill Text: TX HB4632 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in McLennan County and the operation of the county courts at law in that county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-14 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4632 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4632-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson | H.B. No. 4632 |
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relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in | ||
McLennan County and the operation of the county courts at law in | ||
that county. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.1571, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 25.1571. MCLENNAN COUNTY. McLennan County has the | ||
following statutory county courts: | ||
(1) County Court at Law of McLennan County; [ |
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(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of McLennan County; and | ||
(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of McLennan County. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.1572, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (d), and (i) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section | ||
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in McLennan County has: | ||
(1) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in | ||
state jail, third degree, and second degree felony cases on | ||
assignment from a district judge presiding in McLennan County and | ||
acceptance of the assignment by the judge of the county court at law | ||
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(A) conduct arraignments; | ||
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sentencing; | ||
(D) conduct jury trials and nonjury trials; | ||
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hearings; and | ||
(F) conduct post-trial proceedings; and | ||
(2) jurisdiction in: | ||
(A) Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases; | ||
(B) probate proceedings; | ||
(C) disputes ancillary to probate, eminent | ||
domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to | ||
the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts, | ||
whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any | ||
other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in | ||
controversy or the remedy sought; and | ||
(D) appeals from the justice and municipal courts | ||
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(d) A judge of a county court at law shall be paid a total | ||
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is not less than $1,000 less than the annual salary received by a | ||
district judge with equivalent years of service as a judge, as | ||
provided under Section 25.0005, to be paid out of the county | ||
treasury by the commissioners court [ |
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(e) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at | ||
law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, | ||
and the county clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in all | ||
other matters. Each clerk shall establish a separate docket for a | ||
county court at law. | ||
(i) The official court reporter of a county court at law is | ||
entitled to receive the same compensation and to be paid in the same | ||
manner as the court reporters of the district courts in McLennan | ||
County. | ||
SECTION 3. The County Court at Law No. 3 of McLennan County | ||
is created on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |