By: Harris S.B. No. 841 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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.