By: Whitmire  S.B. No. 1244
         (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2007; March 14, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of an investigator employed by a
  prosecuting attorney.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 41.109, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An investigator appointed by a prosecuting attorney has
  the same authority as the sheriff of the county to make arrests
  anywhere in the county and to serve anywhere in the state warrants,
  capiases, subpoenas in criminal cases, and all other processes in
  civil or criminal cases issued by a district court, county court, or
  justice court of this state.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2007.
 
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