Bill Text: TX SB985 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County and the transfer of cases to the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [SB985 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB985-Introduced.html

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85R9798 CAE-F
By: Huffines S.B. No. 985

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolishment of the County Court at Law No. 3 of
Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and
County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County and the transfer of cases
to the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County and County Court at
Law No. 2 of Dallas County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0591(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Dallas County has the following county courts at law:
(1) County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 1; and
(2) County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 2[;
[(3) County Court of Dallas County at Law Number 3;
[(4) County Court of Dallas County at Law Number 4; and
[(5) County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 5].
SECTION 2. On the date the County Court at Law No. 3 of
Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and
County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County are abolished, all cases
pending in those courts are transferred to the County Court at Law
No. 1 of Dallas County or County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County
as determined by the judges of County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas
County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County. When a case
is transferred from one court to another as provided by this
section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other
obligations issued from the transferring court are returnable to
the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued
by that court. The obligees in all bonds and recognizances taken in
and for a court from which a case is transferred and all witnesses
summoned to appear in a court from which a case is transferred are
required to appear before the court to which a case is transferred
as if originally required to appear before the court to which the
transfer is made.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 31, 2018.