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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to judicial and law enforcement authority in certain |
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municipalities on a segment of a highway or street that abuts |
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property located in the 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 (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) For the purposes of Subsection (b)(1), the territorial |
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limits of a general law municipality with a population of less than |
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5,000 that is located in two counties 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 described by Article |
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4.14(h) includes the area included in the territorial limits of the |
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municipality under Article 4.14(h). |
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SECTION 3. Article 45.019, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) A complaint filed in municipal court in a municipality |
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described by Article 4.14(h) must allege that the offense was |
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committed in the territorial limits of the municipality, which |
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include the area described by Article 4.14(h), in which the |
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complaint is made. |
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SECTION 4. Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) For the purposes of Subsection (b), the territorial |
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limits of a municipality described by Article 4.14(h), Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, include the area described by Article 4.14(h). |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 6. 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, 2017. |