Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00655

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 30.00655 - Joint Courts: Jurisdiction

(a) The jurisdiction of a joint municipal court of record created under Section 30.2503 is the combined jurisdiction of the municipal courts of the contracting municipalities.

(b) An appeal from a joint municipal court of record created under Section 30.2503 is to the county criminal court of the county in which the offense occurred. If that county does not have a county criminal court, appeal is to the county court of law of the county.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 30.00655

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 653, Sec. 1, eff. 8/28/1995. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 30.2505 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.19, eff. 9/1/1997.