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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties and powers of peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.13(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The officer [shall]: |
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(1) may, if authorized, [in every case authorized by |
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the provisions of this Code,] interfere without warrant to prevent |
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or suppress crime; |
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(2) shall execute all lawful process issued to the |
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officer by any magistrate or court; |
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(3) shall give notice to some magistrate of all |
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offenses committed within the officer's jurisdiction, if [where] |
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the officer has probable cause [good reason] to believe there has |
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been a violation of the penal law; and |
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(4) may, if authorized, arrest offenders without |
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warrant so [in every case where the officer is authorized by law, in |
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order] that they may be taken before the proper magistrate or court |
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and be tried. |
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SECTION 2. Articles 2.14 and 2.15, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |