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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed |
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orders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 2.101 to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.101. MAGISTRATE'S NAME ON SIGNED ORDER. Any signed |
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order that is issued by a magistrate under this code or any signed |
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order pertaining to a criminal matter that is issued by a magistrate |
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under the Family Code, the Government Code, or other law of this |
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state must include, with the magistrate's signature, the |
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magistrate's name in legible handwriting, legible typewritten |
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form, or legible stamp print. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in adding |
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Article 2.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a signed |
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order issued by a magistrate on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A signed order issued by a magistrate before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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order was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |