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78R3634 EMT-F

By:  Baxter                                                       H.B. No. 2686



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sufficiency of municipal court complaints.                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 45.019(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A complaint filed in municipal court must allege that 
the offense was committed in the corporate [territorial] limits of 
the municipality in which the complaint is made.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.