By:  Woolley (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)                          H.B. No. 915
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2005; 
April 5, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Criminal Justice; May 18, 2005, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 18, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to authority of a peace officer to make an arrest outside 
of the officer's jurisdiction or to seize property while making the 
arrest.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 14.03(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(g)(1)  A peace officer listed in Subdivision (1), (2), [(3), 
(4),] or (5), Article 2.12, who is licensed under Chapter 1701
[415], Occupations [Government] Code, and is outside of the 
officer's jurisdiction may arrest without a warrant a person who 
commits any offense within the officer's presence or view, other 
than [except that an officer who is outside the officer's 
jurisdiction may arrest a person for] a violation of Subtitle C, 
Title 7, Transportation Code[, only if the officer is listed in 
Subdivision (4), Article 2.12].
		(2)  A peace officer listed in Subdivision (3), Article 
2.12, who is licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, and is 
outside of the officer's jurisdiction may arrest without a warrant 
a person who commits any offense within the officer's presence or 
view, except that an officer described in this subdivision who is 
outside of that officer's jurisdiction may arrest a person for a 
violation of Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation Code, only if the 
offense is committed in the county or counties in which the 
municipality employing the peace officer is located.
		(3)  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:
			(A)  the person committing the offense and take 
the person before a magistrate in compliance with Article 14.06; 
and
			(B)  any property seized during or after the 
arrest as if the property had been seized by a peace officer of that 
law enforcement agency.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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