89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 525
Relating to a subpoena to compel the attendance of certain peace officers who are witnesses in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine only.
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89R2279 CJD-F By: Vasut H.B. No. 525 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a subpoena to compel the attendance of certain peace officers who are witnesses in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine only. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 24.16, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: Art. 24.16. APPLICATION FOR OUT-COUNTY WITNESS. In [Where, in] misdemeanor cases in which confinement in jail is a permissible punishment, or in felony cases, if a witness resides out of the