83R1278 RWG-D By: Darby H.B. No. 616 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the civil jurisdiction of the County Court of Glasscock County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 26.187, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 26.187. GLASSCOCK COUNTY. The County Court of Glasscock County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court, general criminal jurisdiction, [and] juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b), and, concurrent with the district court, the [but has no other] civil jurisdiction of a county court. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An action filed 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, 2013.