By: McLaughlin H.B. No. 44       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at   Law in Atascosa County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 25.0092, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to   read as follows:          (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section   25.0003 and other law, and except as limited by Subsection (b), a   county court at law in Atascosa County has concurrent jurisdiction   with the district court in:                (1)  Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases;                (2)  family law matters;                (3)  juvenile matters;                (4)  probate matters; [and]                (5)  appeals from the justice and municipal courts; and                (6)  civil cases in which the matter in controversy   exceeds the maximum amount provided by Section 25.0003 but does not   exceed $1 million, excluding interest, statutory or punitive   damages and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on   the face of the petition, including:                      (A)  a suit to decide the issue of title to real or   personal property;                      (B)  a suit for the enforcement of a lien on real   property;                      (C)  a suit for the trial of the right to property   valued at $500 or more that has been levied on under a writ of   execution, sequestration, or attachment; and                      (D)  a suit for the recovery of real property.          (c-1)  In addition to other assignments provided by law, a   judge of the county court at law in Atascosa County is subject to   assignment under Chapter 74 to any district court in Atascosa   County.  A county court at law judge assigned to a district court   may hear any matter pending in the district court.          (d)  The judge of a county court at law shall be paid as   provided by Section 25.0005 [a total annual salary set by the   commissioners court at an amount that is not less than $1,000 less   than the total annual salary received by a district judge in the   county.  A district judge's or statutory county court judge's total   annual salary does not include contributions and supplements paid   by a county].          SECTION 2.  Section 25.0092(a), Government Code, as amended   by this Act, applies only to a case filed or proceeding commenced on   or after the effective date of this Act. A case filed or proceeding   commenced before that date is governed by the law in effect on the   date the case was filed or the proceeding was commenced, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.