89S10004 BCH-D     By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 32       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the jurisdiction of statutory county courts and   creation of an additional statutory probate court in Hidalgo   County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 25.1101(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  Hidalgo County has the following statutory probate   courts:                (1)  [one statutory probate court, the] Probate Court   No. 1 of Hidalgo County; and                (2)  Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County.          SECTION 2.  Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section   25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Hidalgo County has   concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:                (1)  family law cases and proceedings; and                (2)  civil cases [in which the matter in controversy   does not exceed $750,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive   damages and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on   the page of the petition].          SECTION 3.  On the effective date of this Act:                (1)  Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County is created;   and                (2)  the Probate Court of Hidalgo County is   redesignated as Probate Court No. 1 of Hidalgo County.          SECTION 4.  Section 25.1102(a), Government Code, as amended   by this Act, applies only to an action filed in a county court at law   in Hidalgo County on or after the effective date of this Act. An   action filed in a county court at law in Hidalgo County before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the action was filed, and the former law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025, if it   receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each   house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.   If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that   date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the   legislative session.