By: Moody H.B. No. 3855
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the courts authorized to hear certain
matters relating
to a capias pro fine.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 45.045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Instead of placing the defendant in jail as authorized
by Subsection (a), the peace officer may bring the defendant before
another justice court in the same county or another municipal court
that is in the same territorial jurisdiction as, and that has
concurrent jurisdiction with, the court that issued the capias pro
fine.
SECTION 2. Article 45.046, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) For purposes of a hearing described by Subsection (a),
if the defendant cannot be immediately brought before the court
that entered the judgment and sentence against the defendant,
another justice court in the same county or another municipal court
that is in the same territorial jurisdiction as, and that has
concurrent jurisdiction with, the court that entered the judgment
and sentence may conduct the hearing.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.