H.B. No. 248 proposes amendments to the Government Code regarding the jurisdiction of statutory county courts in Hidalgo County and the establishment of an additional statutory probate court. The bill creates a second probate court, designated as Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County, while redesignating the existing Probate Court as Probate Court No. 1. The amendments also expand the concurrent jurisdiction of county courts at law in Hidalgo County to include family law cases and civil cases without the previous monetary limit of $750,000, which has been removed from the law.

The bill specifies that the new jurisdictional provisions will apply only to actions filed in county courts at law in Hidalgo County on or after the effective date of the Act, ensuring that any actions filed prior to this date will continue to be governed by the former law. The Act is set to take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds vote from both houses of the legislature or, if not, on the 91st day after the legislative session concludes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Government Code 25.1101, Government Code 25.1102 (Government Code 25)