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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. This Act may be cited as the Citizens' Civil |
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Liberties Act. |
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SECTION 2. Article 14.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 14.01. OFFENSE WITHIN VIEW. (a) A person who is a |
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commissioned or noncommissioned security officer licensed under |
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Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, and is engaged in the performance |
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of the person's duties as a security officer [peace officer or any |
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other person,] may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the |
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offense is committed in the person's [his] presence or within the |
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person's [his] view, if the offense is one classed as a felony or as |
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an offense against the public peace. |
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(b) A peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant |
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for any offense committed in the peace officer's [his] presence or |
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within the peace officer's [his] view. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |