TITLE: Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the municipal courts of certain neighboring municipalities to hear criminal cases.

SUMMARY: Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the municipal courts of certain neighboring municipalities to hear criminal cases.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the municipal courts of certain neighboring municipalities to hear criminal cases. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding Section 3, Chapter 76, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (H.B. 984), relating to agreements between neighboring municipalities regarding jurisdiction of cases in municipal courts, the change in law made by that Act in adding Section 29.003(i), Government Code, and Article 4.14(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to an offense committed or conduct that occurs before, on, or after May 19, 2011, which is the effective date of that Act. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.