H.B. No. 616 AN ACT relating to restoring the jurisdiction of the constitutional county court in Glasscock County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 26.187, Government Code, is repealed. 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the House on April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 616 on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 616 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor