Bill Text: TX SB480 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to certain appeals from judgments of municipal courts of record and to the recusal or disqualification of municipal judges.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB480 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB480-Engrossed.html

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By: Hegar S.B. No. 480

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain appeals from judgments of municipal courts of
record.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 4.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 4.03. COURTS OF APPEALS. The Courts of Appeals shall
have appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the limits of their
respective districts in all criminal cases except those in which
the death penalty has been assessed. This Article shall not be so
construed as to embrace any case which has been appealed from any
inferior court to the county court, the county criminal court, or
county court at law, in which the fine imposed or affirmed by the
county court, the county criminal court or county court at law does
not exceed one hundred dollars, unless the sole issue is the
constitutionality of the statute or ordinance on which the
conviction is based.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 30.00027, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The appellant has the right to appeal to the court of
appeals if:
(1) the fine assessed against the defendant exceeds
$100 and [if] the judgment is affirmed by the appellate court; or
(2) the sole issue is the constitutionality of the
statute or ordinance on which a conviction is based.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
appeal pending or filed on or after the effective date of this Act,
regardless of the date the judgment being appealed was entered.
SECTION 4. 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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.