84R7980 YDB-D
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 2727
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of multicounty statutory county
courts and to the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 25, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.2607 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.2607. DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY FOR
MULTICOUNTY STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS. (a) If a statute that
establishes a multicounty statutory county court does not designate
one of the counties that compose the multicounty statutory county
court as the administrative county for that court, the county with
the greatest population of the counties composing the court at the
time the court is established is the administrative county for that
court.
(b) The commissioners courts of the counties that compose a
multicounty statutory county court may enter into an agreement to
provide support for the court. The administrative county for the
court may receive contributions from the other counties composing
the court to pay the operating expenses of the court.
(c) Except for money provided by state appropriations or
under an agreement under Subsection (b), the administrative county
shall pay out of the county's general fund the salaries,
compensation, and expenses incurred in operating the multicounty
statutory county court.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 25.0015, the state shall
annually compensate the administrative county of a multicounty
statutory county court in an amount equal to 100 percent of the
state salary of a district court judge in the county for the salary
of the judge of the multicounty statutory county court.
(e) The court fees and costs collected by the clerk of a
multicounty statutory county court shall be deposited in the
appropriate county fund as provided by law.
SECTION 2. Section 25.2701, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 25.2701. 1ST MULTICOUNTY COURT AT LAW (FISHER[,
MITCHELL,] AND NOLAN COUNTIES). Fisher[, Mitchell,] and Nolan
Counties have a multicounty statutory county court composed of
those counties, the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.
SECTION 3. Section 25.2702, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Nolan County is the administrative county for the 1st
Multicounty Court at Law.
SECTION 4. Section 25.2702(g), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of
two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by
Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not
receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes
effect September 1, 2015.
(b) Section 2 of this Act, amending Section 25.2701,
Government Code, takes effect January 1, 2019.