Bill Text: TX HB457 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of Grayson County in family law matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB457 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB457-Introduced.html
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| By: Smith | H.B. No. 457 | |
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| relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of | ||
| Grayson County in family law matters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.0932, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section | ||
| 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Grayson County has: | ||
| (1) original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice | ||
| court in all civil and criminal matters over which the justice court | ||
| has jurisdiction; and | ||
| (2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in | ||
| family law cases and proceedings. | ||
| (b) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at | ||
| law in family law cases and proceedings, and the county clerk serves | ||
| as clerk of the court in all other cases. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2023. | ||
