TITLE: Relating to a defendant's right to appeal from a judgment or conviction in a municipal court of record.

SUMMARY: Relating to a defendant's right to appeal from a judgment or conviction in a municipal court of record.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a defendant's right to appeal from a judgment or conviction in a municipal court of record. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 30.00014(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A defendant has the right of appeal from a judgment or conviction in a municipal court of record. The state has the right to appeal as provided by Article 44.01, Code of Criminal Procedure. The county criminal courts or county criminal courts of appeal in the county in which the municipality is located or the municipal courts of appeal have jurisdiction of appeals from a municipal court of record. If there is no county criminal court, county criminal court of appeal, or municipal court of appeal, the county courts at law have jurisdiction of an appeal. If a county does not have a county court at law under Chapter 25, the county court has jurisdiction of any appeal. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is intended only to clarify existing law with respect to a judgment or conviction that occurs in a municipal court of record and is appealed to a county court. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.