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PROPOSED LEGISLATION Government Code Chapter 30 Subchapter N. San Marcos Section 30.501. Application; Definition (a) This subchapter applies to the City of San Marcos (b) In this subchapter, "appellate courts" means the county courts at law of Hays County. Section 30.502. Creation The governing body of the city may by ordinance establish the city's existing municipal court and any additional municipal courts which are later created as municipal courts of record. Section 30.503. Jurisdiction. (a) A municipal court of record has jurisdiction within the territorial limits of the city in all criminal cases arising under the ordinances of the city. (b) The court has concurrent jurisdiction with a justice court in any precinct in which the city is located in criminal cases within the justice court jurisdiction that: (1) arise within the territorial limits of the city; and (2) are punishable only by a fine not to exceed $200. (c) The court has jurisdiction over cases arising outside the territorial limits of the city under the ordinances authorized by Subdivision 19 of Article 1175, Revised Statutes. Section 30.504. Judge (a) A municipal court of record is presided over by one or more municipal judges selected as provided by the Charter of the City of San Marcos. (b) A municipal judge must be a licensed attorney in must have practiced law in this state for two or more be a citizen of the United States and of this state. A serve as a municipal judge while the person holds employment with the city government. A municipal judge an office or employment vacates the judicial office. good standing, years, and must person may not other office or who takes such (c) The judge may grant writs of mandamus, injunction, attachment, and other writs necessary to the enforcement of the jurisdiction of the court and may issue writs of habeas corpus in cases in which the offense charged is within the jurisdiction of the court. (d) If governing presiding only one presiding there is more than one municipal judge in the city, the body of the city shall appoint one of the judges to be the municipal judge. If the city has only one municipal judge or permanent, full-time municipal judge, that judge is the municipal judge. (e) The presiding municipal judge shall: (1) maintain a central docket for cases filed within the territorial limits of the city over which the municipal courts of record have jurisdiction; (2) provide for the distribution of cases from the central docket to the individual municipal judges to equalize the distribution of business in the courts;