Bill Text: TX HB2330 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the statutory county courts in Wise County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2330 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2330-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2330 |
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relating to the statutory county courts in Wise County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.2511, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 25.2511. WISE COUNTY. (a) Wise County has the | ||
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County; and | ||
(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Wise County. | ||
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Decatur or at another location in the county determined by the judge | ||
of County Court at Law No. 1 of Wise County and approved by the | ||
commissioners court. | ||
(c) County Court at Law No. 2 of Wise County sits in Decatur | ||
or at another location in the county determined by the judge of | ||
County Court at Law No. 2 of Wise County and approved by the | ||
commissioners court. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.2512(a), Government Code, as amended | ||
by Chapters 518 (S.B. 1491) and 746 (H.B. 66), Acts of the 72nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, is reenacted and amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section | ||
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Wise County has: | ||
(1) concurrent with the county court, the probate | ||
jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts; and | ||
(2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court | ||
in: | ||
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(B) civil cases in which the amount in | ||
controversy exceeds $500, but does not exceed $200,000 [ |
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excluding interest and attorney's fees; and | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 25.2512, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (e) and (h) and adding Subsections (j) and (k) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(e) In addition to the qualifications required by Section | ||
25.0014, a regular judge of a county court at law must have the | ||
qualifications of a district judge as required by Section 7, | ||
Article V, Texas Constitution. A special judge of a county court at | ||
law with the same qualifications as the regular judge may be | ||
appointed in the manner provided by law for the appointment of a | ||
special county judge. A special judge is entitled to the same rate | ||
of compensation as the regular judge. | ||
(h) The laws governing the drawing, selection, service, and | ||
pay of jurors for county courts apply to a county court at law. | ||
Jurors regularly impaneled for a week by the district court may, on | ||
request of the judge of a county court at law, be made available and | ||
shall serve for the week in a county court at law [ |
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(j) The jury in all matters shall be composed of 12 members, | ||
except that in misdemeanor criminal cases and in any other cases in | ||
which the amount in controversy is not more than $100,000, | ||
excluding interest and attorney's fees, the jury shall be composed | ||
of six members unless the constitution or other law requires a | ||
12-member jury. | ||
(k) A judge of a county court at law and a judge of a | ||
district court or another county court at law with concurrent | ||
jurisdiction may transfer cases between the courts in the same | ||
manner judges of district courts transfer cases under Section | ||
24.303. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made to the qualifications of | ||
a judge of a statutory county court in Wise County by this Act apply | ||
only to a judge elected or appointed on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A judge elected or appointed before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before | ||
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2330 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |