85R14439 JRR-F
By: Rose H.B. No. 3824
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties and powers of peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.13(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The officer [shall]:
(1) may, if authorized, [in every case authorized by
the provisions of this Code,] interfere without warrant to prevent
or suppress crime;
(2) shall execute all lawful process issued to the
officer by any magistrate or court;
(3) shall give notice to some magistrate of all
offenses committed within the officer's jurisdiction, if [where]
the officer has probable cause [good reason] to believe there has
been a violation of the penal law; and
(4) may, if authorized, arrest offenders without
warrant so [in every case where the officer is authorized by law, in
order] that they may be taken before the proper magistrate or court
and be tried.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.