In re J.M.R.

OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Appellant, J.M.R., appeals the trial court’s exercise of jurisdiction over this case. In his first issue, J.M.R. argues that he should have been charged with trespass on school grounds under the education code rather than criminal trespass under the penal code because the two statutes are in pari materia. Statutes are in pari materia if they touch upon the same subject, have the same general purpose, and relate to the same conduct. Cullen v. State, 832 S.W.2d 788, 792 (Tex.App.-Austin 1992, pet. ref d). The in pari materia doctrine is a rule of statutory…