AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain
 1-2     criminal cases, punishable only by a fine, that arise under the
 1-3     rules, orders, and resolutions of a joint airport board.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  A municipal court, including a municipal court of
 1-9     record, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction within the
1-10     territorial limits of the municipality in all criminal cases that:
1-11                 (1)  arise under:
1-12                       (A)  the ordinances of the municipality; or
1-13                       (B)  a resolution, rule, or order of a joint
1-14     board operating an airport under Section 22.074, Transportation
1-15     Code; and
1-16                 (2)  are punishable by a fine not to exceed:
1-17                       (A)  $2,000 in all cases arising under municipal
1-18     ordinances or resolutions, rules, or orders of a joint board that
1-19     govern  fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation,
1-20     including dumping of refuse; or
1-21                       (B)  $500 in all other cases arising under a
1-22     municipal ordinance or a resolution, rule, or order of a joint
1-23     board.
1-24           (f)  This section does not affect the powers given
 2-1     exclusively to a joint board operating an airport under Section
 2-2     22.074(d), Transportation Code.
 2-3           SECTION 2.  Section 22.074, Transportation Code, is amended
 2-4     by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 2-5           (e)  The powers exclusively given to a joint board under
 2-6     Subsection (d) do not affect the jurisdiction of a municipal court
 2-7     under Section 29.003, Government Code.  The jurisdiction of a
 2-8     municipal court under that section does not authorize the officers
 2-9     or employees of a municipality that is not a constituent agency of
2-10     the joint board to enter airport property to regulate, protect, or
2-11     police the airport except as permitted by a valid interlocal
2-12     agreement.
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.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 841 passed the Senate on
         April 19, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 841 passed the House on
         May 19, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor