88R14229 MCF-F
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 3695
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority to issue a citation in lieu of arrest for
certain Class A and B misdemeanors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 14.06(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) If the person resides in this state [the county where
the offense occurred], a peace officer who is charging a person with
committing an offense that is a Class A or B misdemeanor may,
instead of taking the person before a magistrate, issue a citation
to the person that contains written notice of the time and place the
person must appear before a magistrate of this state as described by
Subsection (a), the name and address of the person charged, and the
offense charged.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.