Bill Text: TX SB1069 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the County Court at Law of Aransas County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1069 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1069-Introduced.html
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By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 1069 |
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relating to the County Court at Law of Aransas County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 25.0062(a) and (b), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section | ||
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law of Aransas County has | ||
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in: | ||
(1) family law cases and proceedings; [ |
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(2) felony cases to conduct arraignments, conduct | ||
pretrial hearings, and accept guilty pleas; and | ||
(3) civil cases in which the matter in controversy | ||
exceeds the maximum amount provided by Section 25.0003. | ||
(b) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at | ||
law in felony cases, in [ |
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in civil cases in which the matter in controversy exceeds $250,000. | ||
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in all other cases. The district clerk shall establish a separate | ||
docket for a county court at law. The commissioners court shall | ||
provide the deputy clerks, bailiffs, and other personnel necessary | ||
to operate a county court at law. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a case filed or proceeding commenced on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A case filed or proceeding commenced before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the case was filed or the proceeding was commenced, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |