88R14051 EAS-D
By: Thierry H.B. No. 3154
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. This Act may be cited as the Citizens' Civil
Liberties Act.
SECTION 2. Article 14.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 14.01. OFFENSE WITHIN VIEW. (a) A person who is a
commissioned or noncommissioned security officer licensed under
Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, and is engaged in the performance
of the person's duties as a security officer [peace officer or any
other person,] may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the
offense is committed in the person's [his] presence or within the
person's [his] view, if the offense is one classed as a felony or as
an offense against the public peace.
(b) A peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant
for any offense committed in the peace officer's [his] presence or
within the peace officer's [his] view.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.