Bill Text: TX SB2454 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Kleberg County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-03-22 - Received by the Secretary of the Senate [SB2454 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2454-Introduced.html
86R20658 CAE-F | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 2454 |
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relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Kleberg | ||
County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.1392(a), Government Code, is 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 Kleberg County has: | ||
(1) the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and | ||
by general law for district courts; and | ||
(2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court | ||
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(A) in disputes ancillary to probate, eminent | ||
domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to | ||
the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts, | ||
whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any | ||
other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in | ||
controversy or the remedy sought; | ||
(B) over civil forfeitures, including surety | ||
bond forfeitures without minimum or maximum limitation as to the | ||
amount in controversy or remedy sought; | ||
(C) in all actions by or against a personal | ||
representative, in all actions involving an inter vivos trust, in | ||
all actions involving a charitable trust, and in all actions | ||
involving a testamentary trust, whether the matter is appertaining | ||
to or incident to an estate; | ||
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and | ||
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arraignments, conduct pretrial hearings, and accept guilty pleas. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.1392(a), Government Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a cause of action filed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A cause of action filed before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the cause of action was filed, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |