87R12301 EAS-F
By: White H.B. No. 4516
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority to arrest a person without a warrant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 14.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Any [A peace officer or any other] person[,] may,
without a warrant, arrest an offender for an [when the] offense
classified [is committed in his presence or within his view, if the
offense is one classed] as a felony or as an offense against the
public peace if the offense is committed in the person's presence or
within the person's view.
SECTION 2. Article 15.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 15.22. WHEN A PERSON IS ARRESTED. A person is arrested
when the person [he] has been actually placed under restraint or
taken into custody by an officer or person executing a warrant of
arrest, or by an officer or person arresting without a warrant under
Article 14.01.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.