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| 1 | 1 | By: Estes S.B. No. 1571 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the County Court of Cooke County. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Sec. 26.149, Government Code, is amended to read | |
| 9 | 9 | as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (a) The County Court of Cooke County does not have probate, | |
| 11 | 11 | guardianship, mental health, juvenile, civil, criminal, or | |
| 12 | 12 | appellate jurisdiction. | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) The judge of the County Court of Cooke County retains | |
| 14 | 14 | the ability to act as a magistrate as defined under Art 2.09 of the | |
| 15 | 15 | Code of Criminal Procedure [is exempt from the judicial training | |
| 16 | 16 | and instruction required under Chapter 22]. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | act takes effect September 1, 2015. |