82R9264 KFF-F
By: Thompson H.B. No. 3858
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of a county criminal court at law in
Harris County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1033(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A county criminal court at law in Harris County has the:
(1) criminal jurisdiction provided by law for county
courts;
(2) concurrent jurisdiction with county civil courts
at law for Harris County to hear appeals of the suspension of
driver's licenses and original proceedings regarding occupational
driver's licenses; and
(3) appellate jurisdiction in appeals of criminal
cases from justice courts and municipal courts in the county.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action filed in a county criminal court at law in Harris
County on or after the effective date of this Act. An action filed
in a county criminal court at law in Harris County before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the action was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.