Bill Text: TX SB631 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [SB631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB631-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 631 |
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relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to | ||
agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 4.14(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) A municipality with a population of 1.19 [ |
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or more and another municipality contiguous to that municipality | ||
may enter into an agreement providing concurrent jurisdiction for | ||
the municipal courts of either jurisdiction for all criminal cases | ||
arising from offenses under state law that are: | ||
(1) committed on the boundary of those municipalities | ||
or within 200 yards of that boundary; and | ||
(2) punishable by fine only. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 29.003(h), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(h) A municipality with a population of 1.19 [ |
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or more and another municipality contiguous to that municipality | ||
may enter into an agreement providing concurrent jurisdiction for | ||
the municipal courts of either jurisdiction for all criminal cases | ||
arising from offenses under state law that are: | ||
(1) committed on the boundary of those municipalities | ||
or within 200 yards of that boundary; and | ||
(2) punishable by fine only. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 631 passed the Senate on | ||
March 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 631 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |