1-1 By: Jones of Bexar (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) H.B. No. 2559
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the jurisdiction of a municipal court.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 29.003(b), Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (b) The municipal court has concurrent jurisdiction with the
1-14 justice court of a precinct in which the municipality is located in
1-15 all criminal cases arising under state law that[:]
1-16 [(1)] arise within the municipality's territorial
1-17 limits or property owned by the municipality located in the
1-18 municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and that:
1-19 (1) are punishable only by a fine, as defined in
1-20 Subsection (c); or
1-21 (2) arise under Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code,
1-22 and do not include confinement as an authorized sanction.
1-23 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
1-24 29.003(b), Government Code, applies only to the jurisdiction of a
1-25 municipal court in a criminal case for which the trial begins on or
1-26 after September 1, 2001. The jurisdiction of a municipal court in
1-27 a criminal case for which the trial begins before September 1,
1-28 2001, is governed by the law in effect when the trial begins, and
1-29 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-30 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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