| 1 | 1 | | 87R12170 ANG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Noble H.B. No. 4644 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the criminal jurisdiction of magistrates appointed by |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Collin County Commissioners Court. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 4.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Art. 4.01. WHAT COURTS HAVE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. The |
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| 13 | 13 | | following courts have jurisdiction in criminal actions: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1. The Court of Criminal Appeals; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2. Courts of appeals; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3. The district courts; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4. The criminal district courts; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5. The magistrates appointed by the judges of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | district courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, Tarrant County, or |
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| 20 | 20 | | Travis County that give preference to criminal cases and the |
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| 21 | 21 | | magistrates appointed by the judges of the criminal district courts |
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| 22 | 22 | | of Dallas County or Tarrant County; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 6. The county courts; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 7. All county courts at law with criminal |
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| 25 | 25 | | jurisdiction; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 8. County criminal courts; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 9. Justice courts; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 10. Municipal courts; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 11. The magistrates appointed by the judges of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | district courts of Lubbock County; [and] |
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| 31 | 31 | | 12. The magistrates appointed by the El Paso Council |
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| 32 | 32 | | of Judges; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 13. The magistrates appointed by the Collin County |
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| 34 | 34 | | Commissioners Court. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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