SRC-SEW H.B. 3663 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 3663
By: Thompson (J.E. "Buster" Brown)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/8/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, the jurisdiction of the fifteen statutory county
criminal courts in Harris County is limited to Class A and Class B
misdemeanors and appeals from the justice and municipal courts within the
county.  H.B. 3663 expands the courts' jurisdiction by permitting them to
hear civil cases ancillary to their criminal jurisdiction.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 25.1033(a), Government Code, to delete text
providing that a county criminal court at law in Harris County has no other
jurisdiction besides the criminal jurisdiction provided by law for county
courts and appellate jurisdiction in appeals of criminal cases from justice
courts and municipal courts in the county. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2001.