Bill Text: TX SB844 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Rockwall County.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB844 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB844-Introduced.html

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86R4433 TSS-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 844

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Rockwall County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.2011, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 25.2011. ROCKWALL COUNTY. Rockwall County has the
following statutory county courts:
(1) [one statutory county court,] the County Court at
Law No. 1 of Rockwall County; and
(2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Rockwall County.
SECTION 2. Sections 25.2012(c), (g), and (h), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at
law except that the county clerk serves as clerk of a [the] county
court at law in matters of mental health, the probate and criminal
misdemeanor docket, and all civil matters in which a [the] county
court at law does not have concurrent jurisdiction with a [the]
district court.
(g) When administering a case for a [the] county court at
law, the district clerk shall charge civil fees and court costs as
if the case had been filed in a [the] district court. In a case of
concurrent jurisdiction, the case shall be assigned to either a
[the] district court or a [the] county court at law in accordance
with local administrative rules established by the local
administrative judge.
(h) The judge of a [the] county court at law shall appoint an
official court reporter for the judge's court and shall set the
official court reporter's annual salary, subject to approval by the
county commissioners court. The official court reporter of a [the]
county court at law shall take an oath or affirmation as an officer
of the court. The official court reporter holds office at the
pleasure of the judge [of the court] and shall be provided a private
office in close proximity to the court. The official court reporter
is entitled to all rights and benefits afforded all other county
employees.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.