Also tagged in: Contracts, Courts, Chancery, Courts, Circuit
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Public Chapter 351

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Contracts - Grants jurisdiction for purposes of hearing contract disputes to circuit and chancery court in county where defendant may found, where contract was executed, where the goods were provided or were to be provided, or where services were rendered or were to be rendered. - Amends TCA Title 16.

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Also tagged in: Contracts, Courts, Chancery, Courts, Circuit
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 351

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Contracts - Grants jurisdiction for purposes of hearing contract disputes to circuit and chancery court in county where defendant may found, where contract was executed, where the goods were provided or were to be provided, or where services were rendered or were to be rendered. - Amends TCA Title 16.

Fiscal Summary for SB1669 / *HB1153

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Also tagged in: Courts, Courts, Municipal
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm.

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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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HB0721

HB0721 Sponsored by Ty Cobb
Also tagged in: Courts, Courts, Municipal
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Action Deferred in Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2008

Bill Text
Companion 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 [...]

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