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                                                                  H.B. No. 595




AN ACT

relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Randall 
County.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.1932(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 Randall County has 
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
		(1)  family law cases and proceedings;                                        
		(2)  cases and proceedings involving justiciable 
controversies and differences between spouses, or between parents, 
or between parent and child, or between any of these and third 
persons;
		(3)  civil cases in which the amount in controversy is 
within the limits prescribed by Section 25.0003(c)(1); and
		(4)  felony cases to conduct arraignments, conduct 
pretrial hearings, and accept [guilty] pleas in uncontested 
matters.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 25.1932(a)(4), Government Code, as 
amended by this Act, applies to a criminal case that is pending or 
commences on or after the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  For purposes of this section, a criminal case is pending 
if a final judgment has not been entered in the case and commences 
when an indictment or information is presented to the court.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 595 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 595 on May 16, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 3 
present, not voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 595 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 10, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor