Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1909 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R9414 TSS-D
2	2	By: Moody H.B. No. 1909
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the criminal jurisdiction of magistrates appointed by
8	8	the El Paso Council of Judges.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Article 2.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Art. 2.09. WHO ARE MAGISTRATES. Each of the following
13	13	officers is a magistrate within the meaning of this Code: The
14	14	justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Court of Criminal
15	15	Appeals, the justices of the Courts of Appeals, the judges of the
16	16	District Court, the magistrates appointed by the judges of the
17	17	district courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, or Tarrant County
18	18	that give preference to criminal cases, the criminal law hearing
19	19	officers for Harris County appointed under Subchapter L, Chapter
20	20	54, Government Code, the criminal law hearing officers for Cameron
21	21	County appointed under Subchapter BB, Chapter 54, Government Code,
22	22	the magistrates or associate judges appointed by the judges of the
23	23	district courts of Lubbock County, Nolan County, or Webb County,
24	24	the magistrates appointed by the judges of the criminal district
25	25	courts of Dallas County or Tarrant County, the associate judges
26	26	appointed by the judges of the district courts and the county courts
27	27	at law that give preference to criminal cases in Jefferson County,
28	28	the associate judges appointed by the judges of the district courts
29	29	and the statutory county courts of Brazos County, Nueces County, or
30	30	Williamson County, the magistrates appointed by the judges of the
31	31	district courts and statutory county courts that give preference to
32	32	criminal cases in Travis County, the criminal magistrates appointed
33	33	by the Brazoria County Commissioners Court, the criminal
34	34	magistrates appointed by the Burnet County Commissioners Court, the
35	35	magistrates appointed by the El Paso Council of Judges, the county
36	36	judges, the judges of the county courts at law, judges of the county
37	37	criminal courts, the judges of statutory probate courts, the
38	38	associate judges appointed by the judges of the statutory probate
39	39	courts under Chapter 54A, Government Code, the associate judges
40	40	appointed by the judge of a district court under Chapter 54A,
41	41	Government Code, the magistrates appointed under Subchapter JJ,
42	42	Chapter 54, Government Code, as added by H.B. No. 2132, Acts of the
43	43	82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, the justices of the peace,
44	44	and the mayors and recorders and the judges of the municipal courts
45	45	of incorporated cities or towns.
46	46	SECTION 2. Article 4.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
47	47	amended to read as follows:
48	48	Art. 4.01. WHAT COURTS HAVE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. The
49	49	following courts have jurisdiction in criminal actions:
50	50	1. The Court of Criminal Appeals;
51	51	2. Courts of appeals;
52	52	3. The district courts;
53	53	4. The criminal district courts;
54	54	5. The magistrates appointed by the judges of the district
55	55	courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, Tarrant County, or Travis
56	56	County that give preference to criminal cases and the magistrates
57	57	appointed by the judges of the criminal district courts of Dallas
58	58	County or Tarrant County;
59	59	6. The county courts;
60	60	7. All county courts at law with criminal jurisdiction;
61	61	8. County criminal courts;
62	62	9. Justice courts;
63	63	10. Municipal courts; [and]
64	64	11. The magistrates appointed by the judges of the district
65	65	courts of Lubbock County; and
66	66	12. The magistrates appointed by the El Paso Council of
67	67	Judges.
68	68	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
69	69	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
70	70	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
71	71	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
72	72	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.