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AN ACT
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relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 25.0172(c), (c-1), (j), (v), and (w), |
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Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Any of the county courts at law may hear [The County
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Courts at Law Nos. 4, 6, 11, and 12 shall give preference to] |
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criminal cases and appeals de novo from the municipal and justice |
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courts. |
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(c-1) The County Courts [Court] at Law Nos. 7 and [No.] 13 of |
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Bexar County, Texas, shall give preference to cases prosecuted |
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under: |
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(1) Section 22.01, Penal Code, in which the victim is a |
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person whose relationship to or association with the defendant is |
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described by Chapter 71, Family Code; and |
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(2) Section 25.07 or 25.072, Penal Code. |
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(j) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid as |
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provided by Section 25.0005 [an annual salary in an amount not less
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than $25,000 and not more than the total annual salary, including
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supplements, paid a district judge in the county]. The |
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compensation shall be paid out of the county's general fund or |
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officers' salary fund. [The commissioners court shall consider the
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financial condition of the county and the duties and needs of the
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county court at law judges in setting the salaries of the judges.] |
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Before raising a salary the commissioners court must publish notice |
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containing information of the salaries affected and the amount of |
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the proposed raise in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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county. The commissioners court may raise the salaries of the |
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county court at law judges only after 10 days' notice and only at a |
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regular meeting of the commissioners court. |
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(v) Section 25.0006 [25.0006(a)] does not apply to a county |
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court at law in [County Courts at Law Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
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13, 14, and 15 of] Bexar County. [Section 25.0006(b) does not apply
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to County Courts at Law Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
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and 15 of Bexar County.] |
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(w) This section does not apply to the statutory probate |
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courts [County Court at Law No. 1 and Probate Court]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 25.0172(a), (b), and (i), Government |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 909 passed the Senate on |
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April 7, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 909 passed the House on |
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May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |