Bill Text: TX HB4738 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Gillespie County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4738 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4738-Introduced.html
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By: Biedermann | H.B. No. 4738 |
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relating to the creation of a county court at law in Gillespie | ||
County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 25.0881 and 25.0882 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 25.0881. GILLESPIE COUNTY. Gillespie County has one | ||
statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Gillespie | ||
County. | ||
Sec. 25.0882. GILLESPIE COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. | ||
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and | ||
other law, a county court at law in Gillespie County has concurrent | ||
jurisdiction with the district court in: | ||
(1) family law cases and proceedings; and | ||
(2) juvenile law cases and proceedings. | ||
(b) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at | ||
law for family law cases and proceedings and the county clerk serves | ||
as clerk for all other cases. The commissioners court may employ as | ||
many deputy sheriffs and bailiffs as are necessary to serve the | ||
court. | ||
(c) If a case or proceeding in which a county court at law | ||
has concurrent jurisdiction with a district court is tried before a | ||
jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members. In all other cases, | ||
the jury shall be composed of six members. | ||
SECTION 2. The County Court at Law of Gillespie County is | ||
created on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect October 1, 2019. |