Bill Text: TX SB1797 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Travis County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1797-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 1797 |
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relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in | ||
Travis County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.2291(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Travis County has the following statutory county | ||
courts: | ||
(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Travis County, Texas; | ||
(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Travis County, Texas; | ||
(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Travis County, Texas; | ||
(4) County Court at Law Number 4 of Travis County; | ||
(5) County Court at Law Number 5 of Travis County; | ||
(6) The County Court at Law Number 6 of Travis County; | ||
(7) The County Court at Law Number 7 of Travis County; | ||
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(8) The County Court at Law Number 8 of Travis County; | ||
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(9) The County Court at Law Number 9 of Travis County. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.2292, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The County Court at Law Number 9 of Travis County shall | ||
give preference to criminal cases. | ||
SECTION 3. The County Court at Law Number 9 of Travis County | ||
is created on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |