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  89R15484 BCH-F     By: Hayes H.B. No. 4237       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to appeals from a justice or municipal court.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 45A.204, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 45A.204.  EFFECT OF APPEAL.  All further proceedings in   the case in the justice or municipal court shall [ must ] cease during   the pendency of the appeal when a defendant files the appeal bond   required by law with the justice or municipal court.          SECTION 2.  Article 44.17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 44.17.  APPEAL TO COUNTY COURT, HOW CONDUCTED.  In all   appeals to a county court from justice courts and municipal courts   other than municipal courts of record, the trial shall be de novo in   the trial in the county court, the same as if the prosecution had   been originally commenced in that court.  An appeal to the county   court from a municipal court of record may be based only on errors   reflected in the record.   The county court may dismiss a case   appealed to the court or remand the case to the justice or municipal   court.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.