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H.B. No. 3570
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.1101(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Hidalgo County has the following statutory county
courts:
(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County;
(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County;
(3) County Court at Law No. 4 of Hidalgo County; [and]
(4) County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County; and
(5) County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County.
SECTION 2. Section 25.1102, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
(b) The County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County shall
give preference to family law cases and proceedings.
SECTION 3. The County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County
is created on the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3570 was passed by the House on May 9,
2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3570 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor