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Amend SB 1175 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1,
lines 10 and 11) and substitute the following:
SECTION 1. Section 38.02, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following amended
Section 38.02(a), Penal Code (page 1, between lines 17 and 18),
insert the following:
(f) For purposes of this section, an arrest or detention of
a person by a peace officer is lawful only if a reasonable peace
officer would have arrested or detained the person under the same
circumstances under which the actor was arrested or detained.