By Garcia H.B. No. 1863 76R4239 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain 1-3 criminal cases, punishable only by a fine, that arise under the 1-4 rules, orders, and resolutions of a joint airport board. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by 1-7 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as 1-8 follows: 1-9 (a) A municipal court, including a municipal court of 1-10 record, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction within the 1-11 territorial limits of the municipality in all criminal cases that: 1-12 (1) arise under: 1-13 (A) the ordinances of the municipality; or 1-14 (B) a resolution, rule, or order of a joint 1-15 board operating an airport under Section 22.074, Transportation 1-16 Code; and 1-17 (2) are punishable by a fine not to exceed: 1-18 (A) $2,000 in all cases arising under municipal 1-19 ordinances or resolutions, rules, or orders of a joint board that 1-20 govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, 1-21 including dumping of refuse; or 1-22 (B) $500 in all other cases arising under a 1-23 municipal ordinance or a resolution, rule, or order of a joint 1-24 board. 2-1 (f) This section does not affect the powers given 2-2 exclusively to a joint board operating an airport under Section 2-3 22.074(d), Transportation Code. 2-4 SECTION 2. Section 22.074, Transportation Code, is amended 2-5 by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 2-6 (e) The powers exclusively given to a joint board under 2-7 Subsection (d) do not affect the jurisdiction of a municipal court 2-8 under Section 29.003, Government Code. The jurisdiction of a 2-9 municipal court under that section does not authorize the officers 2-10 or employees of a municipality that is not a constituent agency of 2-11 the joint board to enter airport property to regulate, protect, or 2-12 police the airport. 2-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-14 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.