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Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Action Deferred in Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0778. 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 *HB0721 / SB0778Other 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 *HB0721 / SB0778 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 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0839. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of certain municipal courts to include alleged violations of certain mirror ordinances based on certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for HB0889 / *SB0839 Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift in local government revenues and expenditures associated with this bill. Approximately $52,000 in revenue would be shifted from the county to municipalities within Sevier County. There will also be a shift in expenditures from the county to such municipalities. Such shift is estimated to be not significant. Bill Summary for HB0889 / *SB0839 Present law authorizes municipal courts in any municipality having a population in excess of 150,000 (Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis) to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1709. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of municipal courts to hear alleged violations of ordinances that mirror or duplicate certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for HB2085 / *SB1709 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $330,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift of county revenues and expenditures to municipalities. The amount of such shift will be consistent with the fine revenue generated for the specified offenses and the administrative cost to process such misdemeanors. Bill Summary for HB2085 / *SB1709 Under present law, in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, a municipal court possesses jurisdiction to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors, substantially duplicates or incorporates [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion 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 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Action Deferred in Senate Jud Comm. to 5/15/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0889. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of certain municipal courts to include alleged violations of certain mirror ordinances based on certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for *SB0839 / HB0889 Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift in local government revenues and expenditures associated with this bill. Approximately $52,000 in revenue would be shifted from the county to municipalities within Sevier County. There will also be a shift in expenditures from the county to such municipalities. Such shift is estimated to be not significant. Bill Summary for *SB0839 / HB0889 Present law authorizes municipal courts in any municipality having a population in excess of 150,000 (Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis) to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/22/2007 - Action Deferred in Senate Jud. Comm. to Jan. 2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2085. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of municipal courts to hear alleged violations of ordinances that mirror or duplicate certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for *SB1709 / HB2085 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $330,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift of county revenues and expenditures to municipalities. The amount of such shift will be consistent with the fine revenue generated for the specified offenses and the administrative cost to process such misdemeanors. Bill Summary for *SB1709 / HB2085 Under present law, in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, a municipal court possesses jurisdiction to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors, substantially duplicates or incorporates [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Public Chapter 655 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3381. Courts, Municipal - Provides that decrees of municipal courts earn same post-judgment interest as other court decrees and judgments. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 14. Fiscal Summary for *HB3198 / SB3381MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3198 / SB3381 Under present law, interest on judgments is generally computed at the effective rate of 10 percent per annum. If a judgment is based on a note, contract, or other writing fixing a rate of interest within the usury limits for that particular category of transaction, the judgment bears interest at the rate so fixed. This bill specifically requires interest on municipal court judgments to be computed at the same rate as interest on other judgments.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Action Deferred in Judiciary Committee to Summer Study Bill TextCourts, Municipal - Authorizes municipal courts to suspend a person's driver license who the court finds has violated a traffic law or ordinance. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18. Fiscal Summary for *HB3203 / SB3334 Increase State Expenditures - $17,500/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Jud. Comm. Bill TextCourts, Municipal - Authorizes municipal courts to suspend a person's driver license who the court finds has violated a traffic law or ordinance. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18. Fiscal Summary for SB3334 / *HB3203 Increase State Expenditures - $17,500/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 655 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3198. Courts, Municipal - Provides that decrees of municipal courts earn same post-judgment interest as other court decrees and judgments. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 14. Fiscal Summary for SB3381 / *HB3198MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3381 / *HB3198 Under present law, interest on judgments is generally computed at the effective rate of 10 percent per annum. If a judgment is based on a note, contract, or other writing fixing a rate of interest within the usury limits for that particular category of transaction, the judgment bears interest at the rate so fixed. This bill specifically requires interest on municipal court judgments to be computed at the same rate as interest on other judgments.
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Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Failed for Lack of Motion in: Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCourts, Municipal - Allows judge of municipal court in city with a population of less than 3,500 to also serve as city recorder if required by city's charter; exempts Oliver Springs municipal court judge from continuing education for municipal court judges. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB4171 / SB4135 Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Jud. Comm. Bill TextCourts, Municipal - Allows judge of municipal court in city with a population of less than 3,500 to also serve as city recorder if required by city's charter; exempts Oliver Springs municipal court judge from continuing education for municipal court judges. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4135 / *HB4171 Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Public Chapter 655 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3381. Courts, Municipal - Provides that decrees of municipal courts earn same post-judgment interest as other court decrees and judgments. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 14. Fiscal Summary for *HB3198 / SB3381MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3198 / SB3381 Under present law, interest on judgments is generally computed at the effective rate of 10 percent per annum. If a judgment is based on a note, contract, or other writing fixing a rate of interest within the usury limits for that particular category of transaction, the judgment bears interest at the rate so fixed. This bill specifically requires interest on municipal court judgments to be computed at the same rate as interest on other judgments.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Action Deferred in Judiciary Committee to Summer Study Bill TextCourts, Municipal - Authorizes municipal courts to suspend a person's driver license who the court finds has violated a traffic law or ordinance. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18. Fiscal Summary for *HB3203 / SB3334 Increase State Expenditures - $17,500/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Jud. Comm. Bill TextCourts, Municipal - Authorizes municipal courts to suspend a person's driver license who the court finds has violated a traffic law or ordinance. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18. Fiscal Summary for SB3334 / *HB3203 Increase State Expenditures - $17,500/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 655 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3198. Courts, Municipal - Provides that decrees of municipal courts earn same post-judgment interest as other court decrees and judgments. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 14. Fiscal Summary for SB3381 / *HB3198MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3381 / *HB3198 Under present law, interest on judgments is generally computed at the effective rate of 10 percent per annum. If a judgment is based on a note, contract, or other writing fixing a rate of interest within the usury limits for that particular category of transaction, the judgment bears interest at the rate so fixed. This bill specifically requires interest on municipal court judgments to be computed at the same rate as interest on other judgments.
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1709. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of municipal courts to hear alleged violations of ordinances that mirror or duplicate certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for HB2085 / *SB1709 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $330,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift of county revenues and expenditures to municipalities. The amount of such shift will be consistent with the fine revenue generated for the specified offenses and the administrative cost to process such misdemeanors. Bill Summary for HB2085 / *SB1709 Under present law, in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, a municipal court possesses jurisdiction to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors, substantially duplicates or incorporates [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0839. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of certain municipal courts to include alleged violations of certain mirror ordinances based on certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for HB0889 / *SB0839 Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift in local government revenues and expenditures associated with this bill. Approximately $52,000 in revenue would be shifted from the county to municipalities within Sevier County. There will also be a shift in expenditures from the county to such municipalities. Such shift is estimated to be not significant. Bill Summary for HB0889 / *SB0839 Present law authorizes municipal courts in any municipality having a population in excess of 150,000 (Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis) to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/22/2007 - Action Deferred in Senate Jud. Comm. to Jan. 2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2085. Courts, Municipal - Expands the jurisdiction of municipal courts to hear alleged violations of ordinances that mirror or duplicate certain state criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Section 16-18-302. Fiscal Summary for *SB1709 / HB2085 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $330,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a shift of county revenues and expenditures to municipalities. The amount of such shift will be consistent with the fine revenue generated for the specified offenses and the administrative cost to process such misdemeanors. Bill Summary for *SB1709 / HB2085 Under present law, in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, a municipal court possesses jurisdiction to enforce any municipal law or ordinance that mirrors, substantially duplicates or incorporates [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Action Deferred in Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0778. 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 *HB0721 / SB0778Other 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 *HB0721 / SB0778 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 [...] show full description
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