84R22914 LED-D
By: Phelan H.B. No. 4213
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Jefferson
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.223, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) If the county judge is licensed to practice law in this
state, the [The] County Court of Jefferson County has [the general]
jurisdiction concurrent with the County Court at Law of Jefferson
County over all causes and proceedings, civil and criminal, [of a
probate court and] juvenile and probate, original and appellate,
over which by the constitution and general laws of this state county
courts have jurisdiction [as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has
no other civil or criminal jurisdiction].
(a-1) If the county judge is not licensed to practice law in
this state, the County Court of Jefferson County has concurrent
jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Jefferson County only
in probate proceedings, administrations of estates, guardianship
proceedings, mental illness proceedings, and juvenile matters as
provided by Section 26.042(b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.