Bill Text: TX HB778 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB778 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB778-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB778 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB778-Introduced.html
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| By: Gonzalez | H.B. No. 778 | |
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| relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 2.31 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2.31. COUNTY JAILERS. A jailer licensed under Chapter | ||
| 1701, Occupations Code, may execute lawful process issued to the | ||
| jailer by any magistrate or court on a person confined in the jail | ||
| at which the jailer is employed to the same extent that a peace | ||
| officer is authorized to execute process under Article 2.13(b)(2), | ||
| including: | ||
| (1) a warrant under Chapter 15, 17, or 18; | ||
| (2) a capias under Chapter 17 or 23; | ||
| (3) a subpoena under Chapter 20 or 24; or | ||
| (4) an attachment under Chapter 20 or 24. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
