1-1 By: Harris S.B. No. 841 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 1999; March 4, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 1-4 April 8, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 8, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Harris 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 841 as follows: 1-8 (1) On page 1, line 47 between "airport" and the period, 1-9 insert the following: 1-10 "except as permitted by a valid interlocal agreement". 1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-12 AN ACT 1-13 relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain 1-14 criminal cases, punishable only by a fine, that arise under the 1-15 rules, orders, and resolutions of a joint airport board. 1-16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-17 SECTION 1. Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by 1-18 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as 1-19 follows: 1-20 (a) A municipal court, including a municipal court of 1-21 record, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction within the 1-22 territorial limits of the municipality in all criminal cases that: 1-23 (1) arise under: 1-24 (A) the ordinances of the municipality; or 1-25 (B) a resolution, rule, or order of a joint 1-26 board operating an airport under Section 22.074, Transportation 1-27 Code; and 1-28 (2) are punishable by a fine not to exceed: 1-29 (A) $2,000 in all cases arising under municipal 1-30 ordinances or resolutions, rules, or orders of a joint board that 1-31 govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, 1-32 including dumping of refuse; or 1-33 (B) $500 in all other cases arising under a 1-34 municipal ordinance or a resolution, rule, or order of a joint 1-35 board. 1-36 (f) This section does not affect the powers given 1-37 exclusively to a joint board operating an airport under Section 1-38 22.074(d), Transportation Code. 1-39 SECTION 2. Section 22.074, Transportation Code, is amended 1-40 by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-41 (e) The powers exclusively given to a joint board under 1-42 Subsection (d) do not affect the jurisdiction of a municipal court 1-43 under Section 29.003, Government Code. The jurisdiction of a 1-44 municipal court under that section does not authorize the officers 1-45 or employees of a municipality that is not a constituent agency of 1-46 the joint board to enter airport property to regulate, protect, or 1-47 police the airport. 1-48 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-49 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-50 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-51 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-52 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-53 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-54 * * * * *