By Jones of Bexar                                     H.B. No. 2559
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the jurisdiction of a municipal court.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 29.003(b), Government Code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  The municipal court has concurrent jurisdiction with the
 1-7     justice court of a precinct in which the municipality is located in
 1-8     all criminal cases arising under state law that[:]
 1-9                 [(1)]  arise within the municipality's territorial
1-10     limits or property owned by the municipality located in the
1-11     municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and that:
1-12                 (1)  are punishable only by a fine, as defined in
1-13     Subsection (c); or
1-14                 (2)  arise under Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
1-15     and do not include confinement as an authorized sanction.
1-16           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
1-17     29.003(b), Government Code, applies only to the jurisdiction of a
1-18     municipal court in a criminal case for which the trial begins on or
1-19     after September 1, 2001.  The jurisdiction of a municipal court in
1-20     a criminal case for which the trial begins before September 1,
1-21     2001, is governed by the law in effect when the trial begins, and
1-22     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.