SRC-JJJ H.B. 323 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 323
76R4908 MLS-FBy: Brown, Fred (Ogden)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/10/1999
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Texas cities may own land and facilities located outside their city limits.
Currently, cities have the authority to adopt and enforce ordinances
relating to acts committed at these places, but county justice courts,
rather than municipal courts, have jurisdiction over criminal violations of
those ordinances.  H.B. 323 would establish provisions regarding the
jurisdiction of municipal courts. 
 
PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 323 establishes provisions regarding the jurisdiction of
municipal courts. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 29.003(a) and (b), Government Code, to require
a municipal court, including a municipal court of record, to have exclusive
original jurisdiction within the municipality's territorial limits and
property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction in all criminal cases that fulfill certain
conditions.  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.