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| 1 | 1 | 89R15484 BCH-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hayes H.B. No. 4237 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to appeals from a justice or municipal court. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 45A.204, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Art. 45A.204. EFFECT OF APPEAL. All further proceedings in | |
| 14 | 14 | the case in the justice or municipal court shall [must] cease during | |
| 15 | 15 | the pendency of the appeal when a defendant files the appeal bond | |
| 16 | 16 | required by law with the justice or municipal court. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Article 44.17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 18 | 18 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 19 | 19 | Art. 44.17. APPEAL TO COUNTY COURT, HOW CONDUCTED. In all | |
| 20 | 20 | appeals to a county court from justice courts and municipal courts | |
| 21 | 21 | other than municipal courts of record, the trial shall be de novo in | |
| 22 | 22 | the trial in the county court, the same as if the prosecution had | |
| 23 | 23 | been originally commenced in that court. An appeal to the county | |
| 24 | 24 | court from a municipal court of record may be based only on errors | |
| 25 | 25 | reflected in the record. The county court may dismiss a case | |
| 26 | 26 | appealed to the court or remand the case to the justice or municipal | |
| 27 | 27 | court. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |