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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating |
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to a capias pro fine. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 43.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A capias pro fine authorizes a peace officer to place |
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the defendant in jail until the business day following the date of |
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the defendant's arrest if the defendant cannot be brought before |
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the court immediately. Instead of placing the defendant in jail as |
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authorized by this subsection, the peace officer may bring the |
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defendant before another court that is in the same territorial |
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jurisdiction as, and that has concurrent jurisdiction with, the |
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court that issued the capias pro fine. |
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SECTION 2. Article 45.045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Instead of placing the defendant in jail as authorized |
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by Subsection (a), the peace officer may bring the defendant before |
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another court that is in the same county as, and that has concurrent |
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jurisdiction with, the court that issued the capias pro fine. |
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SECTION 3. Article 45.046, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) For purposes of a hearing described by Subsection (a), |
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if the defendant cannot be immediately brought before the court |
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that entered the judgment and sentence against the defendant, |
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another court that is in the same county as, and that has concurrent |
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jurisdiction with, the court that entered the judgment and sentence |
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may conduct the hearing. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |