Terms Used In Texas Education Code 105.154

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Sections 105.152 and 105.153 do not:
(1) limit the police powers of the municipality or its law enforcement jurisdiction;
(2) render a campus peace officer an employee of the municipality or entitle a campus peace officer to compensation from the municipality; or
(3) restrict the power of the component institution under other law to enforce laws, ordinances, or rules regulating traffic or parking.