By: Krause (Senate Sponsor - Powell) H.B. No. 3642
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3642 By: Zaffirini
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 causes and proceedings, civil [matters] and criminal
[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, 2019.
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