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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority to issue a citation in lieu of arrest for |
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certain Class A and B misdemeanors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 14.06(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) If the person resides in this state [the county where |
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the offense occurred], a peace officer who is charging a person with |
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committing an offense that is a Class A or B misdemeanor may, |
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instead of taking the person before a magistrate, issue a citation |
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to the person that contains written notice of the time and place the |
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person must appear before a magistrate of this state as described by |
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Subsection (a), the name and address of the person charged, and the |
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offense charged. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |