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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority to arrest a person without a warrant. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 14.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Any [A peace officer or any other] person[,] may, |
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without a warrant, arrest an offender for an [when the] offense |
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classified [is committed in his presence or within his view, if the |
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offense is one classed] as a felony or as an offense against the |
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public peace if the offense is committed in the person's presence or |
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within the person's view. |
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SECTION 2. Article 15.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 15.22. WHEN A PERSON IS ARRESTED. A person is arrested |
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when the person [he] has been actually placed under restraint or |
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taken into custody by an officer or person executing a warrant of |
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arrest, or by an officer or person arresting without a warrant under |
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Article 14.01. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |