Bill Text: TX HB4147 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to a defendant's right to appeal from a judgment or conviction in a municipal court of record.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB4147 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4147-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 4147
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a defendant's right to appeal from a judgment or
  conviction in a municipal court of record.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.00014(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A defendant has the right of appeal from a judgment or
  conviction in a municipal court of record. The state has the right
  to appeal as provided by Article 44.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
  The county criminal courts or county criminal courts of appeal in
  the county in which the municipality is located or the municipal
  courts of appeal have jurisdiction of appeals from a municipal
  court of record. If there is no county criminal court, county
  criminal court of appeal, or municipal court of appeal, the county
  courts at law have jurisdiction of an appeal. If a county does not
  have a county court at law under Chapter 25, the county court has
  jurisdiction of any appeal.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act is intended
  only to clarify existing law with respect to a judgment or
  conviction that occurs in a municipal court of record and is
  appealed to a county court.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4147 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4147 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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