79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1622, Chapter 959 Page: 3 of 5
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H.B. No. 1622
1 (j) If a family law case or proceeding is tried before a
2 jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members. In all other cases,
3 except as otherwise required by law, the jury shall be composed of
4 six members.
5 (k) Jurors regularly impaneled for a week by the district
6 court may, on request of the county judge or the judge of a county
7 court at law, be made available and shall serve for the week in the
8 county court or the county court at law.
9 SECTION 2. Section 24.168(b), Government Code, is amended
10 to read as follows:
11 (b) In addition to other jurisdiction. provided by law, the
12 66th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the County
13 Court of Hill County and the statutory county courts in Hill County
14 in all civil and criminal matters over which the county court and
15 the statutory county courts would have original or appellate
16 jurisdiction. The district court has control over the assignment
17 of cases as prescribed by Sections 25.1112 and [&e-etien] 26.209.
18 SECTION 3. Section 26.209(c), Government Code, is amended
19 to read as follows:
20 (c) The judge of the 66th District Court shall act as
21 presiding judge between the district and county courts and may
22 assign to the county court original or appellate cases that are
23 within the county court's jurisdiction and assign to a county court
24 at law cases that are within the jurisdiction of the county court at
25 law. The assignment shall be made by docket notation.26 SECTION 4. Section 152.1151(a) , Human Resources Code, is
27 amended to read as follows:
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1622, Chapter 959, legislative document, June 18, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth156574/m1/3/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.