By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 3561
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to
printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the proceedings of certain municipal courts held in the
corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.104, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 29.104. MUNICIPAL COURT PROCEEDINGS OUTSIDE CORPORATE
LIMITS. The municipal court of a municipality with a population of
3,500 [700] or less may conduct its proceedings within the
corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.
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