By: Campbell S.B. No. 631
(Larson)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. Section 29.003(h), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(h) A municipality with a population of 1.325 [1.9] million
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. 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 3. 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.