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| 1 | 1 | By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 3561 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; | |
| 3 | 3 | April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by | |
| 5 | 5 | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to | |
| 6 | 6 | printer.) | |
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| 9 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 11 | relating to the proceedings of certain municipal courts held in the | |
| 12 | 12 | corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 29.104, Government Code, is amended to | |
| 15 | 15 | read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | Sec. 29.104. MUNICIPAL COURT PROCEEDINGS OUTSIDE CORPORATE | |
| 17 | 17 | LIMITS. The municipal court of a municipality with a population of | |
| 18 | 18 | 3,500 [700] or less may conduct its proceedings within the | |
| 19 | 19 | corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | |
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