Amend CSSB 1329 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS in ARTICLE 2 of the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of ARTICLE 2 accordingly:

SECTION 2.____. Section 24.593, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1)  Notwithstanding any other law:

(1)  except as provided by Subdivision (3), the 449th District Court has exclusive jurisdiction over family law and juvenile matters in Hidalgo County;

(2)  the judge of the 449th District Court acts as a presiding judge over all family law, juvenile, and child welfare matters in Hidalgo County, including matters referred to a master; and

SECTION 2.____. (a) Effective January 1, 2019, Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 24.6009 to read as follows:

(b)  The 465th Judicial District is created on January 1, 2019.

(2)  Insert the following SECTION in ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 accordingly:

SECTION 3.____. (a)  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;

(4)  County Court at Law No. 5 of Hidalgo County;

(5)  County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County;

(6)  County Court at Law No. 7 of Hidalgo County; [and]

(7)  County Court at Law No. 8 of Hidalgo County; and

(8)  County Court at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County.

(b)  Notwithstanding Section 25.1101, Government Code, as amended by this Act, the County Court at Law No. 9 of Hidalgo County is created on September 1, 2019, or on an earlier date determined by the Commissioners Court of Hidalgo County by an order entered in its minutes.