BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3561

By: Murphy

Urban Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Current law allows the municipal court of a municipality with a population of 700 or less to conduct its court proceedings within the corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality. H.B. 3561 seeks to raise the cap to allow a municipality with a population less than 3,500 to conduct municipal court proceedings within the corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3561 amends the Government Code to raise from 700 to 3,500 the population cap of a municipality for which the municipal court is authorized to conduct its proceedings within the corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.