(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by § 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Henderson County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and proceedings.
(b) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(c) The judge of a county court at law may set and approve sequestration bonds and replevy bonds in excess of the $50,000 jurisdictional amount in cases in which the amount of the suit is less than that amount.
(d) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary that is at least $40,000.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(46), eff. January 1, 2012.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(46), eff. January 1, 2012.
(g) A special judge of a county court at law must take the oath of office required of the regular judge and has the power and jurisdiction of the court and of the regular judge for whom he is sitting. A special judge may sign orders, judgments, decrees, or other process as “Judge Presiding” when acting for the regular judge.
(h) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 242, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
(i) If the regular judge is absent, disabled, or disqualified from presiding, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region may appoint a retired judge of a district court or county court at law or a regular judge of a district court or county court at law to preside over the county court at law. The presiding judge of the judicial region with the consent of a retired judge of a district court or county court at law, or a regular judge of a district court within the presiding judge’s region, may make an assignment outside the judicial region over which the judge presides with the specific authorization of the presiding judge of the judicial region in which the assignment is made.
(j) A retired judge of a district court or county court at law may elect to be a judicial officer by filing the written election with the presiding judge of the judicial district in which the retired judge resides. A judge may not be appointed special judge or visiting judge if the judge:
(1) appears and pleads as an attorney at law in any court of this state;
(2) has been defeated in an election for judge of the court over which the judge formerly presided;
(3) has been removed from office by impeachment, by the supreme court, or by the governor on address to the legislature;
(4) has been discharged from the practice of law, whether or not reinstated; or
(5) has resigned as judge of a court while under investigation by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
(k) A visiting judge has the same authority and powers and is entitled to the same amount of compensation as provided for a special judge by this section.
(l) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(46), eff. January 1, 2012.
(m) The official court reporter of a county court at law is entitled to receive the same amount of compensation, fees, and allowances as the reporter of a district court.
(n) The county clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law, except the district judge and the judge of the county court at law, by rule, may provide that the district clerk serve as clerk of a county court at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court.
(o) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(46), eff. January 1, 2012.
(p) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 696 (S.B. 2342), Sec. 34(2), eff. September 1, 2020.
(q) Sections 25.0006 and 25.0008 do not apply to a county court at law in Henderson County.