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