Bill Text: TX SB985 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County and the transfer of cases to the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [SB985 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB985-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffines | S.B. No. 985 | |
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| relating to the abolishment of the County Court at Law No. 3 of | ||
| Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and | ||
| County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County and the transfer of cases | ||
| to the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County and County Court at | ||
| Law No. 2 of Dallas County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.0591(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Dallas County has the following county courts at law: | ||
| (1) County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 1; and | ||
| (2) County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 2[ |
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| SECTION 2. On the date the County Court at Law No. 3 of | ||
| Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and | ||
| County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County are abolished, all cases | ||
| pending in those courts are transferred to the County Court at Law | ||
| No. 1 of Dallas County or County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County | ||
| as determined by the judges of County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas | ||
| County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County. When a case | ||
| is transferred from one court to another as provided by this | ||
| section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other | ||
| obligations issued from the transferring court are returnable to | ||
| the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued | ||
| by that court. The obligees in all bonds and recognizances taken in | ||
| and for a court from which a case is transferred and all witnesses | ||
| summoned to appear in a court from which a case is transferred are | ||
| required to appear before the court to which a case is transferred | ||
| as if originally required to appear before the court to which the | ||
| transfer is made. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 31, 2018. | ||
