Small Claims Court Expected to Double

    During The Texas Legisative Session---The Legislature Passed A Bill That Would Increase The Limit In Small Claims Court.  Tom Green County Comissioners Are Now Looking To See How Much More Money Can Be Set     Aside To Fund The Courts Increase Of Work Load.

The Amount Of Cases Going Through Small Claims Court In Tom Green County May Double By The End Of The Year.The Texas Legisature Passed A Bill Raising The Limit Of Small Claims From 5-Thousand To 10-Thousand Dollars.

Eddie Howard Justice Of The Peace, Pct. 4: "And Uh, We're Going To Explode. We're Going To Double We Can Very Easily Triple. But If It Does What We Think It's Going To Do. We Will Require Additional Staff."

In Order To Increase Staff Or Meet Up With Other Demands Of More Cases A New Budget Must Be Set For The J-P Courts.

Steve Flloyd/ County Commisssioner, Pct.3 : "We Look At Areas We Can Become More Effciently, Because Of The Energy Factor Of It. We Still Have To Maintain The Quality Of It. So You Try To Balance Those Things In And Uh In The End You Just Try To Widdle Out What's Not Necessary."

As County Commissioners Work On A Budget Judges Speculate What Will Happen During The Months To Come.

Eddie Howard Justice Of The Peace, Pct. 4: "They, Uh What Was A County Court At Large Charge. To A Class C Charge, Which Is Dwls, Or Dwli, Driving While License Is Suspended Or While Invaled. And Those Cases Will Now Becoming To Our Court, And That Just Is just About 1000 Case Just In It Of It Self."

Thursday All Justice Of The Peace Judges Will Meet With County Commissioners To Finalize A Budget. Jjklst News.