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| 1 | 1 | 87R683 LHC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rose H.B. No. 3484 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority to arrest a person without a warrant. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Article 14.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) Any [A peace officer or any other] person[,] may, | |
| 12 | 12 | without a warrant, arrest an offender for an [when the] offense | |
| 13 | 13 | classified [is committed in his presence or within his view, if the | |
| 14 | 14 | offense is one classed] as a felony or as an offense against the | |
| 15 | 15 | public peace if the offense is committed: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) in the person's presence or within the person's | |
| 17 | 17 | view; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) inside the person's residence. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 21 | 21 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 22 | 22 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 23 | 23 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 24 | 24 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 25 | 25 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 26 | 26 | before that date. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |