89R7959 JTZ-D
By: Muñoz H.B. No. 4498
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of additional county courts at law in
Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Hidalgo County has the following statutory county
courts:
(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County;
(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County;
(3) County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County;
(4) County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County;
(5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County;
(6) County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County;
(7) County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County;
(8) County Court at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County; [and]
(9) County Court at Law No. 10 of Hidalgo County;
(10) County Court at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo County;
(11) County Court at Law No. 12 of Hidalgo County; and
(12) County Court at Law No. 13 of Hidalgo County.
SECTION 2. (a) The County Court at Law No. 11 of Hidalgo
County and the County Court at Law No. 13 of Hidalgo County are
created on the effective date of this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, as
amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 12 of Hidalgo
County is created September 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.