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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in |
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certain criminal proceedings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) Not later than 24 hours after the time a magistrate |
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determines that no probable cause exists to believe that a person |
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committed the offense for which the person was arrested, the |
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magistrate shall enter in the record written findings to support |
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that finding. |
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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, 2025. |
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