Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01275 · Subchapter GG. LAKE WORTH
JOINT COURTS: JURISDICTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The jurisdiction of a joint municipal court of record created under Section 30.01273 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 30.01273 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm
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