78R6550 KCR-D

By:  Riddle                                                       H.B. No. 2795



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested without 
a warrant.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 17.033, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The time limits imposed by Subsections (a) and (b) do 
not apply to a person arrested without a warrant who is taken to a 
hospital, clinic, or other medical facility before being taken 
before a magistrate under Article 15.17.  For a person described by 
this subsection, the time limits imposed by Subsections (a) and (b) 
begin to run at the time that, following the person's release from a 
hospital, clinic, or other medical facility, the person is taken 
before a magistrate and the magistrate completes the performance of 
the magistrate's duties imposed by Article 15.17.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an 
arrest made on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless 
of when the offense giving rise to the arrest was committed. An 
arrest made before the effective date of this Act is covered by the 
law in effect when the arrest was made, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.