H.B. No. 2885




AN ACT

relating to an arrest warrant or complaint for the issuance of a bad 
check. 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 45.014, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  In a county with a population of more than two million 
that does not have a county attorney, a justice or judge may not 
issue a warrant under this section for an offense under Section 
32.41, Penal Code, unless the district attorney has approved the 
complaint or affidavit on which the warrant is based.
	SECTION 2.  Article 45.019, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  In a county with a population of more than two million 
that does not have a county attorney, a complaint for an offense 
under Section 32.41, Penal Code, must be approved by the district 
attorney, regardless of whether a collection proceeding is 
initiated by the district attorney under Section 32.41(e), Penal 
Code.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a complaint or warrant filed or issued on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A complaint or warrant filed or issued before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the 
complaint or warrant was filed or issued, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2885 was passed by the House on April 
22, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2885 was passed by the Senate on May 
24, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor