82R4886 YDB-F
By: Truitt H.B. No. 984
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to agreements between contiguous municipalities regarding
jurisdiction of cases in municipal courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) A municipality may enter into an agreement with a
contiguous municipality to establish concurrent jurisdiction of
the municipal courts in the municipalities and provide original
jurisdiction to a municipal court in which a case is brought as if
the municipal court were located in the municipality in which the
case arose, for:
(1) all cases in which either municipality has
jurisdiction under Subsection (a); and
(2) cases that arise under Section 821.022, Health and
Safety Code, or Section 25.094, Education Code.
SECTION 2. Article 4.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) A municipality may enter into an agreement with a
contiguous municipality to establish concurrent jurisdiction of
the municipal courts in the municipalities and provide original
jurisdiction to a municipal court in which a case is brought as if
the municipal court were located in the municipality in which the
case arose, for:
(1) all cases in which either municipality has
jurisdiction under Subsection (a); and
(2) cases that arise under Section 821.022, Health and
Safety Code, or Section 25.094, Education Code.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed or conduct that occurs on or after the
effective date of an agreement to establish concurrent jurisdiction
between contiguous municipalities authorized under Section
29.003(i), Government Code, as added by this Act, or under Article
4.14(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act. An
offense committed or conduct that occurs before that date is
governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed or the
conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed or
conduct occurs before the effective date of the agreement if any
element of the offense or conduct occurs 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, 2011.