H.B. No. 1264
AN ACT
relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of certain municipal courts
in certain criminal cases punishable by fine only.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 4.14(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A municipality with a population of 1.19 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 in one or both of the following areas:
(A) within 200 yards of that boundary; or
(B) within 2.25 miles of that boundary on a
segment of highway in the state highway system that traverses a
major water supply reservoir; and
(2) punishable by fine only.
SECTION 2. Article 13.045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 13.045. ON THE BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
An offense punishable by fine only that is committed on or near the
boundary[, or within 200 yards of the boundary,] of contiguous
municipalities that have entered into an agreement authorized by
Article 4.14(f) and Section 29.003(h), Government Code, may be
prosecuted in either of those municipalities as provided in the
agreement.
SECTION 3. Section 29.003(h), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(h) A municipality with a population of 1.19 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 in one or both of the following areas:
(A) within 200 yards of that boundary; or
(B) within 2.25 miles of that boundary on a
segment of highway in the state highway system that traverses a
major water supply reservoir; and
(2) punishable by fine only.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1264 was passed by the House on April
26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1264 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor