87R12170 ANG-F     By: Noble H.B. No. 4644       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the criminal jurisdiction of magistrates appointed by   the Collin County Commissioners Court.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 4.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 4.01.  WHAT COURTS HAVE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. The   following courts have jurisdiction in criminal actions:                1.  The Court of Criminal Appeals;                2.  Courts of appeals;                3.  The district courts;                4.  The criminal district courts;                5.  The magistrates appointed by the judges of the   district courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, Tarrant County, or   Travis County that give preference to criminal cases and the   magistrates appointed by the judges of the criminal district courts   of Dallas County or Tarrant County;                6.  The county courts;                7.  All county courts at law with criminal   jurisdiction;                8.  County criminal courts;                9.  Justice courts;                10.  Municipal courts;                11.  The magistrates appointed by the judges of the   district courts of Lubbock County; [and]                12.  The magistrates appointed by the El Paso Council   of Judges; and                13.  The magistrates appointed by the Collin County   Commissioners Court.          SECTION 2.  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, 2021.