SB0778 - Tennessee: Courts, Courts, Municipal, Courts, New Jurisdiction

Companion Bill HB0721. Courts, Municipal - Restores the jurisdiction of certain municipal courts to hear certain cases involving violation of ordinances that mirror or duplicate the language of certain state criminal statutes. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302 and Section 55-10-307. Fiscal Summary for SB0778 / *HB0721Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift in revenues and expenditures from the city to the county due to municipal courts hearing fewer cases. The amount of such shift is estimated to exceed $100,000 statewide. Bill Summary for SB0778 / *HB0721 Present law extends to municipal courts jurisdiction to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors the language of a state criminal statute if the state criminal statute mirrored is a Class C misdemeanor and the maximum penalty prescribed by municipal law or ordinance is a civil fine [...]

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