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Senate Bill 1404 |
Senate Author: Whitmire |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Van Arsdale |
Senate Bill 1404 amends the Government Code to grant concurrent jurisdiction over criminal cases filed in a justice court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, without the limitations on that concurrent jurisdiction imposed by previous law, and all other additional powers as a magistrate specified by law, to a criminal law hearing officer in that county. The removal of the limitations on concurrent jurisdiction in the justice courts permits a criminal law hearing officer to dispose of criminal cases filed in those courts by trial.