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| 1 | 1 | 87R1890 JCG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Canales H.B. No. 212 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed | |
| 8 | 8 | orders. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 2.101 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 2.101. MAGISTRATE'S NAME ON SIGNED ORDER. Any signed | |
| 13 | 13 | order that is issued by a magistrate under this code or any signed | |
| 14 | 14 | order pertaining to a criminal matter that is issued by a magistrate | |
| 15 | 15 | under the Family Code, the Government Code, or other law of this | |
| 16 | 16 | state must include, with the magistrate's signature, the | |
| 17 | 17 | magistrate's name in legible handwriting, legible typewritten | |
| 18 | 18 | form, or legible stamp print. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in adding | |
| 20 | 20 | Article 2.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a signed | |
| 21 | 21 | order issued by a magistrate on or after the effective date of this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act. A signed order issued by a magistrate before the effective | |
| 23 | 23 | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | |
| 24 | 24 | order was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 25 | 25 | purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |