Bill Text: TX SB1806 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [SB1806 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1806-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1806 | ||
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| relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.1042, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section | ||
| 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Harrison County has | ||
| concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, on assignment of a | ||
| district judge presiding in Harrison County, in family law cases | ||
| and proceedings. | ||
| (b) Assignment and transfer of cases under Subsection (a) is | ||
| at the discretion of the judge of the district court making the | ||
| assignment. Assignment or transfer from a county court at law to a | ||
| district court is governed by Section 74.121(b)(1). | ||
| (c) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at | ||
| law in cases assigned under Subsection (a), and the county clerk | ||
| serves as clerk of the court in all other cases. | ||
| (d) A party to a case assigned under Subsection (a) may | ||
| request a jury of 12 persons if the party makes the request not | ||
| later than the 30th day before the trial date. A party who does not | ||
| make a timely request under this subsection waives the right to | ||
| request a 12-person jury and the case will proceed with a six-person | ||
| jury. | ||
| (f) In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a district judge | ||
| presiding in Harrison County may transfer cases from the district | ||
| court to a county court at law in Harrison County in the same manner | ||
| judges of district courts transfer cases under Section 24.003. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
| action filed on or after the effective date of this Act or pending | ||
| on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1806 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1806 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
