Bill Text: TX SB873 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB873-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB873-Engrossed.html
By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 873 |
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relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating | ||
to a capias pro fine. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 43.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A capias pro fine authorizes a peace officer to place | ||
the defendant in jail until the business day following the date of | ||
the defendant's arrest if the defendant cannot be brought before | ||
the court immediately. Instead of placing the defendant in jail as | ||
authorized by this subsection, the peace officer may bring the | ||
defendant before another court that is in the same territorial | ||
jurisdiction as, and that has concurrent jurisdiction with, the | ||
court that issued the capias pro fine. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 45.045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Instead of placing the defendant in jail as authorized | ||
by Subsection (a), the peace officer may bring the defendant before | ||
another court that is in the same county as, and that has concurrent | ||
jurisdiction with, the court that issued the capias pro fine. | ||
SECTION 3. Article 45.046, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) For purposes of a hearing described by Subsection (a), | ||
if the defendant cannot be immediately brought before the court | ||
that entered the judgment and sentence against the defendant, | ||
another court that is in the same county as, and that has concurrent | ||
jurisdiction with, the court that entered the judgment and sentence | ||
may conduct the hearing. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |