89R2097 JTZ-D
By: Muñoz H.B. No. 2401
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Hidalgo
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1102(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 Hidalgo County has
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
(1) family law cases and proceedings; [and]
(2) civil cases; and
(3) criminal cases for an offense punishable as a
state jail felony [in which the matter in controversy does not
exceed $750,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive damages
and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on the page
of the petition].
SECTION 2. Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an action filed in a county court at law
in Hidalgo County on or after the effective date of this Act. An
action filed in a county court at law in Hidalgo County before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the action was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.