89R11522 BCH-F
By: McLaughlin H.B. No. 2661
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at
Law in Atascosa County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0092, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section
25.0003 and other law, and except as limited by Subsection (b), a
county court at law in Atascosa County has concurrent jurisdiction
with the district court in:
(1) Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases;
(2) family law matters;
(3) juvenile matters;
(4) probate matters; [and]
(5) appeals from the justice and municipal courts; and
(6) civil cases in which the matter in controversy
exceeds the maximum amount provided by Section 25.0003 but does not
exceed $1 million, excluding interest, statutory or punitive
damages and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on
the face of the petition, including:
(A) a suit to decide the issue of title to real or
personal property;
(B) a suit for the enforcement of a lien on real
property;
(C) a suit for the trial of the right to property
valued at $500 or more that has been levied on under a writ of
execution, sequestration, or attachment; and
(D) a suit for the recovery of real property.
(c-1) In addition to other assignments provided by law, a
judge of the county court at law in Atascosa County is subject to
assignment under Chapter 74 to any district court in Atascosa
County. A county court at law judge assigned to a district court
may hear any matter pending in the district court.
(d) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid as
provided by Section 25.0005 [a total annual salary set by the
commissioners court at an amount that is not less than $1,000 less
than the total annual salary received by a district judge in the
county. A district judge's or statutory county court judge's total
annual salary does not include contributions and supplements paid
by a county].
SECTION 2. Section 25.0092(a), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a case filed or proceeding commenced on
or after the effective date of this Act. A case filed or proceeding
commenced before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
date the case was filed or the proceeding was commenced, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.