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