86R20658 CAE-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 2454
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Kleberg
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1392(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Kleberg County has:
(1) the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and
by general law for district courts; and
(2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
[in]:
(A) in disputes ancillary to probate, eminent
domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to
the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts,
whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any
other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in
controversy or the remedy sought;
(B) over civil forfeitures, including surety
bond forfeitures without minimum or maximum limitation as to the
amount in controversy or remedy sought;
(C) in all actions by or against a personal
representative, in all actions involving an inter vivos trust, in
all actions involving a charitable trust, and in all actions
involving a testamentary trust, whether the matter is appertaining
to or incident to an estate;
(D) in [(1)] family law cases and proceedings;
and
(E) in [(2)] felony cases to conduct
arraignments, conduct pretrial hearings, and accept guilty pleas.
SECTION 2. Section 25.1392(a), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a cause of action filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A cause of action filed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the cause of action was filed, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.