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1		-	By: Miles, Schaefer, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 274
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
3		-	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by
5		-	the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 274
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the enforcement of municipal rules, ordinances, or
12	6		police regulations prohibiting illegal dumping; increasing a
13	7		penalty.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Section 54.001(b), Local Government Code, is
16	10		amended to read as follows:
17	11		(b) A fine or penalty for the violation of a rule,
18	12		ordinance, or police regulation may not exceed $500 except that:
19	13		(1) [. However,] a fine or penalty for the violation
20	14		of a rule, ordinance, or police regulation that governs fire
21	15		safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, other than the
22	16		[including] dumping of refuse, may not exceed $2,000; and
23	17		(2) a fine or penalty for the violation of a rule,
24	18		ordinance, or police regulation that governs the dumping of refuse
25	19		may not exceed $4,000.
26	20		SECTION 2. Section 29.003(a), Government Code, is amended
27	21		to read as follows:
28	22		(a) A municipal court, including a municipal court of
29	23		record, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction within the
30	24		municipality's territorial limits and property owned by the
31	25		municipality located in the municipality's extraterritorial
32	26		jurisdiction in all criminal cases that:
33	27		(1) arise under:
34	28		(A) the ordinances of the municipality; or
35	29		(B) a resolution, rule, or order of a joint board
36	30		operating an airport under Section 22.074, Transportation Code; and
37	31		(2) are punishable by a fine not to exceed:
38	32		(A) $2,000 in all cases arising under municipal
39	33		ordinances or resolutions, rules, or orders of a joint board that
40	34		govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, other
41	35		than the [including] dumping of refuse; [or]
42	36		(B) $4,000 in cases arising under municipal
43	37		ordinances that govern the dumping of refuse; or
44	38		(C) [(B)] $500 in all other cases arising under a
45	39		municipal ordinance or a resolution, rule, or order of a joint
46	40		board.
47	41		SECTION 3. Article 4.14(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
48	42		amended to read as follows:
49	43		(a) A municipal court, including a municipal court of
50	44		record, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction within the
51	45		territorial limits of the municipality in all criminal cases that:
52	46		(1) arise under the ordinances of the municipality;
53	47		and
54	48		(2) are punishable by a fine not to exceed:
55	49		(A) $2,000 in all cases arising under municipal
56	50		ordinances that govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and
57	51		sanitation, other than the [including] dumping of refuse; [or]
58	52		(B) $4,000 in cases arising under municipal
59	53		ordinances that govern the dumping of refuse; or
60	54		(C) [(B)] $500 in all other cases arising under a
61	55		municipal ordinance.
62	56		SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
63	57		to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
64	58		An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
65	59		governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
66	60		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes
67	61		of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date
68	62		of this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that
69	63		date.
70	64		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	65	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	66	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	67	+	I certify that H.B. No. 274 was passed by the House on May 4,
	68	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 9, 3 present, not
	69	+	voting.
	70	+	______________________________
	71	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	72	+	I certify that H.B. No. 274 was passed by the Senate on May
	73	+	25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.
	74	+	______________________________
	75	+	Secretary of the Senate
	76	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	77	+	Date
	78	+	_____________________
	79	+	Governor