88R4803 AMF-D
By: Huffman S.B. No. 373
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creation of an additional county court at law in Waller
County and the redesignation of the County Court at Law of Waller
County as County Court at Law No. 1 of Waller County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.2391, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 25.2391. WALLER COUNTY. (a) Waller County has the
following [one] statutory county courts:
(1) [court, the] County Court at Law No. 1 of Waller
County; and
(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Waller County.
(b) The county courts at law [County Court at Law] of Waller
County sit [sits] in Hempstead.
SECTION 2. (a) On the effective date of this Act, the
County Court at Law of Waller County is redesignated County Court at
Law No. 1 of Waller County.
(b) The judge of the County Court at Law of Waller County is
the judge of County Court at Law No. 1 of Waller County.
(c) This Act does not affect the term of office of a judge of
a court redesignated by this Act. The judge, unless otherwise
removed as provided by law, continues to serve for the term for
which the judge was elected.
SECTION 3. The County Court at Law No. 2 of Waller County is
created on the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.