85R9798 CAE-F     By: Huffines S.B. No. 985       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the abolishment of the County Court at Law No. 3 of   Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and   County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County and the transfer of cases   to the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County and County Court at   Law No. 2 of Dallas County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 25.0591(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Dallas County has the following county courts at law:                (1)  County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 1; and                (2)  County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 2[;                [(3)  County Court of Dallas County at Law Number 3;                [(4)  County Court of Dallas County at Law Number 4; and                [(5)  County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 5].          SECTION 2.  On the date the County Court at Law No. 3 of   Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and   County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County are abolished, all cases   pending in those courts are transferred to the County Court at Law   No. 1 of Dallas County or County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County   as determined by the judges of County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas   County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County. When a case   is transferred from one court to another as provided by this   section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other   obligations issued from the transferring court are returnable to   the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued   by that court. The obligees in all bonds and recognizances taken in   and for a court from which a case is transferred and all witnesses   summoned to appear in a court from which a case is transferred are   required to appear before the court to which a case is transferred   as if originally required to appear before the court to which the   transfer is made.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect December 31, 2018.