Bill Text: TX HB4745 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of additional county courts at law in Hidalgo County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4745 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4745-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 4745 | |
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| relating to the creation of additional county courts at law in | ||
| Hidalgo County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Hidalgo County has the following statutory county | ||
| courts: | ||
| (1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (3) County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (4) County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (6) County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County; [ |
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| (7) County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (8) County Court at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (9) County Court at Law No. 10 of Hidalgo County; | ||
| (10) County Court at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo County; and | ||
| (11) County Court at Law No. 12 of Hidalgo County. | ||
| SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 25.0009, Government | ||
| Code, the initial vacancies in the offices of judge of County Court | ||
| at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County and judge of County Court at Law | ||
| No. 10 of Hidalgo County shall be filled by election. The offices | ||
| exist for purposes of the primary and general elections of 2022. A | ||
| vacancy after the initial vacancies is filled as provided by | ||
| Section 25.0009, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 25.0009, Government | ||
| Code, the initial vacancies in the offices of judge of County Court | ||
| at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo County and judge of County Court at Law | ||
| No. 12 of Hidalgo County shall be filled by election. The offices | ||
| exist for purposes of the primary and general elections of 2024. A | ||
| vacancy after the initial vacancies is filled as provided by | ||
| Section 25.0009, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 4. County Court at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County and | ||
| County Court at Law No. 10 of Hidalgo County are created on January | ||
| 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 5. County Court at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo County and | ||
| County Court at Law No. 12 of Hidalgo County are created on January | ||
| 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
