HBA-BSM H.B. 2559 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2559 By: Jones, Elizabeth Judicial Affairs 4/4/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a municipal court has concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court of a precinct in which the municipality is located in areas that arise within the municipality's territorial limits or property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and punishable by fine only. A municipal court is granted concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court of a precinct on a matter that arises under the Alcoholic Beverage Code, even though that may be outside the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. House Bill 2559 limits the jurisdiction of a municipal court to cases that arise within the municipality's territorial limits or property owned by the municipality in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2559 amends the Government Code to provide that municipal courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court of a precinct in which the municipality is located in all criminal cases arising under state law that arise within the municipality's territorial limits or property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and that: _are punishable only by a fine; or _arise under Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, and do not include confinement as an authorized sanction. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.