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78R11676 GWK-D


By:  Whitmire                                                     S.B. No. 840

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 840:                                    

By:  Keel                                                     C.S.S.B. No. 840



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of peace officers to make certain arrests 
outside of their jurisdictions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 14.03(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  A peace officer who is outside his jurisdiction may 
arrest, without warrant, a person who commits an offense within the 
officer's presence or view, if the offense is a felony, a violation 
of [Title 9,] Chapter 42 or 49, Penal Code, or a breach of the 
peace[, or an offense under Section 49.02, Penal Code].  A peace 
officer making an arrest under this subsection shall, as soon as 
practicable after making the arrest, notify a law enforcement 
agency having jurisdiction where the arrest was made.  The law 
enforcement agency shall then take custody of the person committing 
the offense and take the person before a magistrate in compliance 
with Article 14.06 of this code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.