88R1887 JCG-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 1712
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed
orders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 2.101 to read as follows:
Art. 2.101. MAGISTRATE'S NAME ON SIGNED ORDER. Any signed
order that is issued by a magistrate under this code or any signed
order pertaining to a criminal matter that is issued by a magistrate
under the Family Code, the Government Code, or other law of this
state must include, with the magistrate's signature, the
magistrate's name in legible handwriting, legible typewritten
form, or legible stamp print.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in adding
Article 2.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a signed
order issued by a magistrate on or after the effective date of this
Act. A signed order issued by a magistrate before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
order was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.