84R7640 ADM-F
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 873
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 43.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A capias pro fine authorizes a peace officer to place
the defendant in jail until the business day following the date of
the defendant's arrest if the defendant cannot be brought before
the court immediately. Instead of placing the defendant in jail as
authorized by this subsection, the peace officer may bring the
defendant before another 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.