| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. |
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| 8 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Sections 25.0172(c), (c-1), (j), (v), and (w), |
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| 10 | 8 | | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 9 | | (c) Any of the county courts at law may hear [The County |
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| 12 | 10 | | Courts at Law Nos. 4, 6, 11, and 12 shall give preference to] |
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| 13 | 11 | | criminal cases and appeals de novo from the municipal and justice |
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| 14 | 12 | | courts. |
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| 15 | 13 | | (c-1) The County Courts [Court] at Law Nos. 7 and [No.] 13 of |
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| 16 | 14 | | Bexar County, Texas, shall give preference to cases prosecuted |
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| 17 | 15 | | under: |
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| 18 | 16 | | (1) Section 22.01, Penal Code, in which the victim is a |
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| 19 | 17 | | person whose relationship to or association with the defendant is |
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| 20 | 18 | | described by Chapter 71, Family Code; and |
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| 21 | 19 | | (2) Section 25.07 or 25.072, Penal Code. |
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| 22 | 20 | | (j) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid as |
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| 23 | 21 | | provided by Section 25.0005 [an annual salary in an amount not less |
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| 24 | 22 | | than $25,000 and not more than the total annual salary, including |
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| 25 | 23 | | supplements, paid a district judge in the county]. The |
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| 26 | 24 | | compensation shall be paid out of the county's general fund or |
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| 27 | 25 | | officers' salary fund. [The commissioners court shall consider the |
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| 28 | 26 | | financial condition of the county and the duties and needs of the |
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| 29 | 27 | | county court at law judges in setting the salaries of the judges.] |
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| 30 | 28 | | Before raising a salary the commissioners court must publish notice |
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| 31 | 29 | | containing information of the salaries affected and the amount of |
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| 32 | 30 | | the proposed raise in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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| 33 | 31 | | county. The commissioners court may raise the salaries of the |
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| 34 | 32 | | county court at law judges only after 10 days' notice and only at a |
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| 35 | 33 | | regular meeting of the commissioners court. |
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| 36 | 34 | | (v) Section 25.0006 [25.0006(a)] does not apply to a county |
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| 37 | 35 | | court at law in [County Courts at Law Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, |
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| 38 | 36 | | 13, 14, and 15 of] Bexar County. [Section 25.0006(b) does not apply |
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| 39 | 37 | | to County Courts at Law Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, |
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| 40 | 38 | | and 15 of Bexar County.] |
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| 41 | 39 | | (w) This section does not apply to the statutory probate |
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| 42 | 40 | | courts [County Court at Law No. 1 and Probate Court]. |
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| 43 | 41 | | SECTION 2. Sections 25.0172(a), (b), and (i), Government |
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| 44 | 42 | | Code, are repealed. |
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| 45 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 909 passed the Senate on |
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| 47 | + | April 7, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 909 passed the House on |
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| 51 | + | May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, two |
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| 52 | + | present not voting. |
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| 53 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 55 | + | Approved: |
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| 56 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 57 | + | Date |
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| 58 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | + | Governor |
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