Amend SB 730 by adding the following new sections to the
bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent sections
accordingly:
      SECTION ____. Section 543.004, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 543.004.  NOTICE TO APPEAR REQUIRED<:  CERTAIN
OFFENSES>. (a)  The issuance of a written notice to appear as
provided by Section 543.003 is mandatory and an <An> officer shall
issue a written notice to appear if:
            (1)  the offense charged is a misdemeanor punishable by
fine only <speeding or a violation of the open container law,
Section 49.03, Penal Code>; <and>
            (2)  the person displays:
                  (A)  an unexpired driver's license or permit
issued to the person by the department or by another state or
country; or
                  (B)  an unexpired personal identification
certificate issued to the person by the department; and
            (3)  the person makes a written promise to appear in
court as provided by Section 543.005.
      (b)  If the person is a resident of or is operating a vehicle
licensed in a state or country other than this state, Subsection
(a) applies only as provided by Chapter 703.
      <(c)  The offenses specified by Subsection (a) are the only
offenses for which issuance of a written notice to appear is
mandatory.>
      SECTION ____. Article 14.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
      Art. 14.06.  MUST TAKE OFFENDER BEFORE MAGISTRATE. (a)
Except as provided by Subsections <Subsection> (b), (c), and (d),
in each case enumerated in this Code, the person making the arrest
shall take the person arrested or have the person <him> taken
without unnecessary delay before the magistrate who may have
ordered the arrest, before some magistrate of the county where the
arrest was made without an order, or, if necessary to provide more
expeditiously to the person arrested the warnings described by
Article 15.17 of this Code, before a magistrate in a county
bordering the county in which the arrest was made.  The magistrate
shall immediately perform the duties described in Article 15.17 of
this Code.
      (b)  A peace officer who is charging a person, including a
child, with committing an offense that is a Class C misdemeanor,
other than an offense under Section 49.02, Penal Code, or a traffic
offense, may, instead of taking the person before a magistrate,
issue a citation to the person that contains written notice of the
time and place the person must appear before a magistrate, the name
and address of the person charged, and the offense charged.
      (c)  A peace officer who is charging a person, including a
child, with committing a traffic offense that is a Class C
misdemeanor, including an offense under Section 49.03, Penal Code,
shall, instead of taking the person before a magistrate, issue a
citation to the person that contains written notice of the time and
place the person must appear before a magistrate, the name and
address of the person charged, and the offense charged, if the
person displays:
            (1)  an unexpired driver's license or permit issued to
the person by the Department of Public Safety or by another state
or country; or
            (2)  an unexpired personal identification certificate
issued to the person by the department.
      (d)  If a person charged as described by Subsection (c) is a
resident of or is operating a vehicle licensed in a state or
country other than this state, Subsection (c) applies only as
provided by Chapter 703, Transportation Code.