Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1264 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1		-	By: Burkett, Button (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.B. No. 1264
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2017;
3		-	May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
4		-	Justice; May 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 1264
7	2
8	3
9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of certain municipal courts
12	6		in certain criminal cases punishable by fine only.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Article 4.14(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
15	9		amended to read as follows:
16	10		(f) A municipality with a population of 1.19 million or more
17	11		and another municipality contiguous to that municipality may enter
18	12		into an agreement providing concurrent jurisdiction for the
19	13		municipal courts of either jurisdiction for all criminal cases
20	14		arising from offenses under state law that are:
21	15		(1) committed on the boundary of those municipalities
22	16		or in one or both of the following areas:
23	17		(A) within 200 yards of that boundary; or
24	18		(B) within 2.25 miles of that boundary on a
25	19		segment of highway in the state highway system that traverses a
26	20		major water supply reservoir; and
27	21		(2) punishable by fine only.
28	22		SECTION 2. Article 13.045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
29	23		amended to read as follows:
30	24		Art. 13.045. ON THE BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
31	25		An offense punishable by fine only that is committed on or near the
32	26		boundary[, or within 200 yards of the boundary,] of contiguous
33	27		municipalities that have entered into an agreement authorized by
34	28		Article 4.14(f) and Section 29.003(h), Government Code, may be
35	29		prosecuted in either of those municipalities as provided in the
36	30		agreement.
37	31		SECTION 3. Section 29.003(h), Government Code, is amended
38	32		to read as follows:
39	33		(h) A municipality with a population of 1.19 million or more
40	34		and another municipality contiguous to that municipality may enter
41	35		into an agreement providing concurrent jurisdiction for the
42	36		municipal courts of either jurisdiction for all criminal cases
43	37		arising from offenses under state law that are:
44	38		(1) committed on the boundary of those municipalities
45	39		or in one or both of the following areas:
46	40		(A) within 200 yards of that boundary; or
47	41		(B) within 2.25 miles of that boundary on a
48	42		segment of highway in the state highway system that traverses a
49	43		major water supply reservoir; and
50	44		(2) punishable by fine only.
51	45		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
52		-	* * * * *
	46	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	47	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	48	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1264 was passed by the House on April
	49	+	26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 6, 1 present, not
	50	+	voting.
	51	+	______________________________
	52	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	53	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1264 was passed by the Senate on May
	54	+	19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	55	+	______________________________
	56	+	Secretary of the Senate
	57	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	58	+	Date
	59	+	_____________________
	60	+	Governor