Bill Text: TX SB1200 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the venue for prosecution of misdemeanor cases in justice of the peace courts located in certain counties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1200 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1200-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1200 |
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relating to the venue for prosecution of misdemeanor cases in | ||
justice of the peace courts located in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 4.12, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, a | ||
misdemeanor case to be tried in justice court shall be tried: | ||
(1) in the precinct in which the offense was | ||
committed; | ||
(2) in the precinct in which the defendant or any of | ||
the defendants reside; [ |
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(3) with the written consent of the state and each | ||
defendant or the defendant's attorney, in any other precinct within | ||
the county; or | ||
(4) if the offense was committed in a county with a | ||
population of 3.3 million or more, in any precinct in the county | ||
that is adjacent to the precinct in which the offense was committed. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Article 4.12, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, as amended by this Act, applies only to an offense | ||
committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the | ||
law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, | ||
an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if | ||
any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1200 passed the Senate on | ||
April 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1200 passed the House on | ||
May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |