Terms Used In Texas Education Code 107.84

  • 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.

This subchapter does not:
(1) limit the police powers of a municipality or its law enforcement jurisdiction;
(2) render a campus peace officer an employee of a municipality or entitle a campus peace officer to compensation from a municipality; or
(3) restrict the power of the system under other law to enforce laws, ordinances, or rules regulating traffic or parking.