| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed January 9, 2015; January 28, 2015, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | March 31, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2015, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 291 By: Nelson |
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| 11 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 6 | | relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Tarrant |
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| 14 | 7 | | County. |
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| 15 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.2222(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 17 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 11 | | (a) A county court at law in Tarrant County has jurisdiction |
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| 19 | 12 | | over all civil matters and causes, original and appellate, |
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| 20 | 13 | | prescribed by law for county courts. The County Court at Law No. 1 |
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| 21 | 14 | | of Tarrant County also has jurisdiction over all criminal matters |
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| 22 | 15 | | and causes, original and appellate, prescribed by law for county |
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| 23 | 16 | | courts. The County Courts at Law Nos. 2 and 3 of Tarrant County do |
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| 24 | 17 | | not have criminal jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other |
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| 25 | 18 | | provision, a county court at law in Tarrant County has jurisdiction |
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| 26 | 19 | | on any appeal from a municipal court of record in Tarrant County |
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| 27 | 20 | | that is not an appeal of a criminal law case or proceeding. |
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| 28 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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