H.B. No. 3642
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3642 was passed by the House on April
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3642 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3642 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor