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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal judicial and law enforcement authority on a |
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segment of a highway or street that abuts property located in a |
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municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 4.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) For the purposes of Subsection (b), the territorial |
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limits of a municipality include: |
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(1) the entire width of a segment of highway or street, |
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as defined by Section 541.302, Transportation Code, that is |
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partially located in the municipality; or |
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(2) a segment of highway or street, as defined by |
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Section 541.302, Transportation Code, that abuts property located |
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in the municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Article 14.03(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: |
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(4) For purposes of Subdivision (2), the jurisdiction |
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of a peace officer employed by a municipality includes the area |
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included in the territorial limits of the municipality under |
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Article 4.14(b-1). |
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SECTION 3. Article 45.019(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A complaint filed in municipal court must allege that |
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the offense was committed in the territorial limits of the |
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municipality, which include the area described by Article |
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4.14(b-1), in which the complaint is made. |
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SECTION 4. Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) For the purposes of Subsection (b), the territorial |
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limits of a municipality include the area described by Article |
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4.14(b-1), Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by Article 4.14(b-1), |
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Code of Criminal Procedure, and Section 29.003(b-1), Government |
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Code, as added by this Act, and Article 45.019(c), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, as amended by this Act, apply only to an offense |
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committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense |
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committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |