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| 1 | 1 | 84R22914 LED-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Phelan H.B. No. 4213 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Jefferson | |
| 8 | 8 | County. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 26.223, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) If the county judge is licensed to practice law in this | |
| 14 | 14 | state, the [The] County Court of Jefferson County has [the general] | |
| 15 | 15 | jurisdiction concurrent with the County Court at Law of Jefferson | |
| 16 | 16 | County over all causes and proceedings, civil and criminal, [of a | |
| 17 | 17 | probate court and] juvenile and probate, original and appellate, | |
| 18 | 18 | over which by the constitution and general laws of this state county | |
| 19 | 19 | courts have jurisdiction [as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has | |
| 20 | 20 | no other civil or criminal jurisdiction]. | |
| 21 | 21 | (a-1) If the county judge is not licensed to practice law in | |
| 22 | 22 | this state, the County Court of Jefferson County has concurrent | |
| 23 | 23 | jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Jefferson County only | |
| 24 | 24 | in probate proceedings, administrations of estates, guardianship | |
| 25 | 25 | proceedings, mental illness proceedings, and juvenile matters as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 26.042(b). | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |