By Craddick H.B. No. 831
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the powers and duties of police officers and marshals
1-3 in certain municipalities and to the method of selecting a marshal
1-4 in certain municipalities.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 22.071, Local Government Code, is amended
1-7 by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
1-8 follows:
1-9 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the <The>
1-10 governing body by ordinance shall provide for the election or
1-11 appointment of the officers provided by this section.
1-12 (d) A municipality shall elect a marshal to serve a term of
1-13 two years. The governing body of the municipality by ordinance
1-14 shall prescribe the date on which the term begins and shall select
1-15 the uniform election date on which the election must be held.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 341.001, Local Government Code, is
1-17 amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
1-18 (g) A police officer may not make an arrest outside the
1-19 boundaries of the municipality for an offense committed under the
1-20 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's
1-21 Texas Civil Statutes).
1-22 SECTION 3. Section 341.021, Local Government Code, is
1-23 amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-24 (h) In performing duties under this section, a marshal may
2-1 not serve a warrant for, investigate, or make an arrest for an
2-2 offense unless the offense is committed inside the boundaries of
2-3 the municipality.
2-4 SECTION 4. A municipality to which Section 1 of this Act
2-5 applies and that, on the effective date of this Act, provides for
2-6 an appointed marshal, shall provide for the election of the marshal
2-7 before the first anniversary of that effective date. The term of
2-8 an appointed marshal of a municipality to which Section 1 of this
2-9 Act applies who holds office on the effective date of this Act
2-10 expires on the day a new elected marshal is installed, but the term
2-11 may not exceed two years.
2-12 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-13 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.