89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 656
Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors.
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89R685 AJZ-F By: Thompson H.B. No. 656 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2B, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subchapter E-1 to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER E-1. CITATIONS AND ARRESTS Art. 2B.0221. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "law