Bill Text: TX HB4288 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Grimes County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4288 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4288-Introduced.html
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| By: Schubert | H.B. No. 4288 | |
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| relating to the creation of a county court at law in Grimes County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 25.0951 and 25.0952 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.0951. GRIMES COUNTY. Grimes County has one | ||
| statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Grimes County. | ||
| Sec. 25.0952. GRIMES COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS. (a) In | ||
| addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other | ||
| law, a county court at law in Grimes County has concurrent | ||
| jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and | ||
| proceedings. | ||
| (b) The judge of the county court at law shall be paid an | ||
| annual salary set by the commissioners court in an amount that is at | ||
| least equal to the amount that is $1,000 less than the total annual | ||
| salary, including contributions and supplements, received by a | ||
| district judge in the county. The salary shall be paid by the | ||
| county treasurer by order of the commissioners court. | ||
| (c) The judge of the county court at law is entitled to | ||
| travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including | ||
| administrative and clerical assistance, in the same manner as the | ||
| district judge. | ||
| (d) The judge of a county court at law may not engage in the | ||
| private practice of law. | ||
| (e) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at | ||
| law for family cases and proceedings, and the county clerk serves as | ||
| clerk for all other cases. The commissioners court may employ as | ||
| many deputy sheriffs and bailiffs as are necessary to serve the | ||
| court. | ||
| (f) If a case or proceeding in which a county court at law | ||
| has concurrent jurisdiction with a district court is tried before a | ||
| jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members. In all other cases, | ||
| the jury shall be composed of six members. | ||
| (g) The judge of a county court at law may, instead of | ||
| appointing an official court reporter, contract for the services of | ||
| a court reporter under guidelines established by the commissioners | ||
| court. | ||
| (h) The laws governing the drawing, selection, service, and | ||
| pay of jurors for county courts apply to a county court at law. | ||
| Jurors regularly impaneled for a week by the district court may, on | ||
| a request of a judge of the county court at law, be made available | ||
| and shall serve for the week in a county court at law. | ||
| (i) A county court at law has the same terms of court as a | ||
| district court in Grimes County. | ||
| SECTION 2. The County Court at Law of Grimes County is | ||
| created on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
