89R7960 JTZ-D     By: Muñoz H.B. No. 5649       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hidalgo   County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  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   the [concurrent] jurisdiction provided by the constitution and   general law for [with the] district courts [court] in:                (1)  family law cases and proceedings; and                (2)  civil cases regardless of the amount [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 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a cause of action filed on or after the effective date of this   Act.  A cause of action filed before that date is governed by the law   in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.