Bill Text: TX SB1594 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of Hidalgo County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Filed [SB1594 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1594-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1594 |
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relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory county courts of | ||
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 in which the matter in controversy | ||
does not exceed $1 million [ |
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statutory or punitive damages and penalties, and attorney's fees | ||
and costs, as alleged on the page of the petition. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made to Section 25.1102(a), | ||
Government Code, by this Act applies only to an action filed in a | ||
statutory county court of Hidalgo County on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. An action filed in a statutory county court of | ||
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, 2017. |