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| 6 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 9 | | relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in |
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| 9 | 10 | | certain criminal proceedings. |
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| 10 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 14 | | (h) Not later than 24 hours after the time a magistrate |
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| 14 | 15 | | determines that no probable cause exists to believe that a person |
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| 15 | 16 | | committed the offense for which the person was arrested, the |
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| 16 | 17 | | magistrate shall enter in the record written findings to support |
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| 17 | 18 | | that finding. |
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| 18 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 19 | 20 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 20 | 21 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 21 | 22 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 22 | 23 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 23 | 24 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 24 | 25 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 25 | 26 | | before that date. |
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| 26 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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