| 1 | 1 | | 88R14051 EAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thierry H.B. No. 3154 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority to arrest a person without a warrant. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Citizens' Civil |
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| 10 | 10 | | Liberties Act. |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 2. Article 14.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Art. 14.01. OFFENSE WITHIN VIEW. (a) A person who is a |
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| 14 | 14 | | commissioned or noncommissioned security officer licensed under |
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| 15 | 15 | | Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, and is engaged in the performance |
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| 16 | 16 | | of the person's duties as a security officer [peace officer or any |
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| 17 | 17 | | other person,] may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the |
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| 18 | 18 | | offense is committed in the person's [his] presence or within the |
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| 19 | 19 | | person's [his] view, if the offense is one classed as a felony or as |
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| 20 | 20 | | an offense against the public peace. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) A peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant |
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| 22 | 22 | | for any offense committed in the peace officer's [his] presence or |
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| 23 | 23 | | within the peace officer's [his] view. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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