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Texas Government Code - Section 25.1112. Hill County Court At Law Provisions

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§ 25.1112. HILL COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.  (a) In 
addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other 
law, a county court at law in Hill County has concurrent 
jurisdiction with the district court in felony cases and family law 
cases and proceedings.  A county court at law does not have 
jurisdiction of felony cases involving capital murder.
	(b)  A county court at law in Hill County has the same terms 
of court as the 66th District Court.
	(c)  The judge of a county court at law may not engage in the 
private practice of law and must meet the qualifications 
established by Section 25.0014.
	(d)  The judge of a county court at law shall be paid as 
provided by Section 25.0005.  The judge's salary shall be paid out 
of the county treasury on order of the commissioners court.  The 
judge is entitled to necessary office and operational expenses, 
including administrative and clerical personnel, in the same manner 
as the county judge.
	(e)  The district clerk serves as the clerk of a county court 
at law for all criminal and civil matters except that the county 
clerk serves as the clerk of the county court at law in uncontested 
probate and guardianship matters.  The county clerk shall transfer 
to the district clerk any contested probate and guardianship 
matters filed with the county clerk.
	(f)  The commissioners court may employ the assistant 
district attorneys, assistant county attorneys, assistant clerks, 
deputy sheriffs, and bailiffs necessary to serve the county court 
at law.
	(g)  Notwithstanding Section 74.0911, the judge of the 66th 
District Court shall act as presiding judge between the district 
and county court at law and may assign to the county court at law 
original or appellate cases that are within the jurisdiction of the 
county court at law.  The assignment shall be made by docket 
notation.
	(h)  In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, the judge of a 
county court at law and the judge of the 66th District Court may 
exchange benches, transfer cases, assign each other to hear cases 
in accordance with orders signed and approved by the judges 
involved, and otherwise manage their respective dockets under local 
administrative rules.
	(i)  The official court reporter of a county court at law is 
entitled to the compensation set by the commissioners court on 
order of the judge of the court in an amount not to exceed 90 percent 
of the compensation paid to the court reporter of a district court 
in Hill County.
	(j)  If a family law case or proceeding is tried before a 
jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members.  In all other cases, 
except as otherwise required by law, the jury shall be composed of 
six members.
	(k)  Jurors regularly impaneled for a week by the district 
court may, on request of the county judge or the judge of a county 
court at law, be made available and shall serve for the week in the 
county court or the county court at law.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 959, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.           

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