By: Gonzales, Martinez, Pea H.B. No. 4793
(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2009;
May 19, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of two 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; [and]
(5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County;
(6) County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County; and
(7) County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County.
SECTION 2. (a) The County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo
County is created on the effective date of this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 25.1101(a)(7), Government
Code, as added by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo
County is created on September 1, 2012.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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