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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to |
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agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 4.14(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) A municipality with a population of 1.19 [1.9] million |
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or more and another municipality contiguous to that municipality |
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may enter into an agreement providing concurrent jurisdiction for |
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the municipal courts of either jurisdiction for all criminal cases |
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arising from offenses under state law that are: |
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(1) committed on the boundary of those municipalities |
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or within 200 yards of that boundary; and |
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(2) punishable by fine only. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.003(h), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(h) A municipality with a population of 1.19 [1.9] million |
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or more and another municipality contiguous to that municipality |
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may enter into an agreement providing concurrent jurisdiction for |
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the municipal courts of either jurisdiction for all criminal cases |
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arising from offenses under state law that are: |
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(1) committed on the boundary of those municipalities |
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or within 200 yards of that boundary; and |
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(2) punishable by fine only. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 631 passed the Senate on |
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March 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 631 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |