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By: Marquez (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) |
H.B. No. 2472 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reporting of certain warrant or capias information |
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to the national crime information center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.195, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.195. [DUTY TO] REPORT OF WARRANT OR CAPIAS |
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INFORMATION. Not later than the 30th day after [Within 30 days of] |
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the date [day] the court clerk issues the warrant or capias, the |
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sheriff: |
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(1) shall report to the national crime information |
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center each warrant or capias issued for a defendant charged with a |
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felony who fails to appear in court when summoned; and |
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(2) may [shall] report to the national crime |
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information center each warrant or capias issued for a defendant |
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charged with a misdemeanor [an offense] other than a Class C |
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misdemeanor who fails to appear in court when summoned. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a warrant or capias issued on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A warrant or capias issued before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant or |
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capias was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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