87R11176 ANG-F     By: Anderson H.B. No. 4632       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in   McLennan County and the operation of the county courts at law in   that county.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 25.1571, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 25.1571.  MCLENNAN COUNTY. McLennan County has the   following statutory county courts:                (1)  County Court at Law of McLennan County; [and]                (2)  County Court at Law No. 2 of McLennan County; and                (3)  County Court at Law No. 3 of McLennan County.          SECTION 2.  Section 25.1572, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a), (d), and (i) and adding Subsection (e) to   read as follows:          (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section   25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in McLennan County has:                (1)  concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in   state jail, third degree, and second degree felony cases on   assignment from a district judge presiding in McLennan County and   acceptance of the assignment by the judge of the county court at law   [and jurisdiction] to:                      (A)  conduct arraignments;                      (B)  [,] conduct pretrial hearings;                      (C)  [,] accept guilty pleas and conduct   sentencing;                      (D)  conduct jury trials and nonjury trials;                      (E)  [, and] conduct probation revocation   hearings; and                      (F)  conduct post-trial proceedings; and                (2)  jurisdiction in:                      (A)  Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases;                      (B)  probate proceedings;                      (C)  disputes ancillary to probate, eminent   domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to   the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts,   whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any   other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in   controversy or the remedy sought; and                      (D)  appeals from the justice and municipal courts    [in felony cases].          (d)  A judge of a county court at law shall be paid a total   [an] annual salary set by the commissioners court in an amount that   is not less than $1,000 less than the annual salary received by a   district judge with equivalent years of service as a judge, as   provided under Section 25.0005, to be paid out of the county   treasury by the commissioners court [of not more than $20,000. Each   judge receives the same amount as salary. The salary shall be paid   out of the county treasury by the commissioners court].          (e)  The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at   law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court,   and the county clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in all   other matters. Each clerk shall establish a separate docket for a   county court at law.          (i)  The official court reporter of a county court at law is   entitled to receive the same compensation and to be paid in the same   manner as the court reporters of the district courts in McLennan   County.          SECTION 3.  The County Court at Law No. 3 of McLennan County   is created on the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.