Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 00-231 RESOLUTION NO. — WHEREAS, the penal offense of criminal trespass is of major concern to business and residential property owners in home-rule cities; and WHEREAS, municipal law enforcement officers are often called upon to enforce criminal trespass statutes; and WHEREAS, Penal Code, Section 30.05, Criminal Trespass is currently classed as a Class B or Class A misdemeanor; and WHEREAS, the current statutory classification requires that a violation be filed with the District Attorney's Offices for prosecution in County Court; and WHEREAS, it would be effective and efficient to prosecute criminal trespass violations in home rule cities municipal courts; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the Texas Municipal League seek sponsorship in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate and strongly endorse and support legislation which would authorize a home rule city to adopt, as a local ordinance, legislation creating an offense of criminal trespass punishable as a Class "C" misdemeanor which would be prosecuted in municipal court. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of 2000. ((I - Mayor- GAMRESOLUTNTRESPASS.RES