Sec. 24.007.  JURISDICTION.  (a)  The district court has the jurisdiction provided by Article V, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution.
(b)  A district court has original jurisdiction of a civil matter in which the amount in controversy is more than $500, exclusive of interest.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 1.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.02, eff. January 1, 2012.