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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in the city |
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of Corpus Christi. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter ZZ to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER ZZ. CORPUS CHRISTI |
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Sec. 30.01901. APPLICATION; DEFINITIONS. (a) This subchapter |
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applies to the city of Corpus Christi. |
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(b) In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Appellate courts" means the county courts at law |
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of Nueces County that have criminal appellate jurisdiction. |
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(2) "Municipal court director" means the clerk of the |
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municipal courts of record. |
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Sec. 30.01902. JUDGE. Sections 30.00007(b)(1), (2), (3), |
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and (5) do not apply to this subchapter. |
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Sec. 30.01903. MUNICIPAL COURT DIRECTOR; OTHER PERSONNEL. |
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(a) The city manager shall appoint a municipal court director to |
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serve as the clerk of the municipal courts of record. |
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(b) The municipal court director shall perform, as |
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applicable, the duties prescribed by law for the county clerk of a |
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county court at law. In addition, the municipal court director |
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shall: |
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(1) maintain central docket records for all cases |
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filed in the municipal courts of record; |
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(2) maintain an index of all municipal court of record |
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judgments in the same manner as county clerks are required by law to |
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prepare for criminal cases arising in county courts; and |
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(3) request the jurors needed for cases that are set |
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for trial by jury. |
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(c) The municipal court director may hire, direct, and |
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remove the personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the |
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clerk's office. |
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(d) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this |
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subchapter. |
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Sec. 30.01904. COURT REPORTER. The municipal court |
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director shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |