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Amend HB 1574 (house committee report) on page 1, between lines 21 and 22, by inserting the following:
(c) If a peace officer arrests a person without a warrant for an offense punishable by a fine only, the affidavit required by Subsection (a) must include a statement of the reason the officer determined that it was necessary to arrest the person and take the person or have the person taken before a magistrate as provided by Article 14.06, instead of issuing to the person a citation containing written notice of the time and place the person must appear before a magistrate.