SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 14.03, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Any peace officer may arrest, without warrant:
(1) persons found in suspicious places and under circumstances
which reasonably show that such persons have been guilty
of some felony, violation of Title 9, Chapter 42, Penal
Code, breach of the peace, or offense under Section
49.02, Penal Code, or threaten, or are about to commit
some offense against the laws;
(2) persons who the peace officer has probable cause
to believe have committed an assault resulting in bodily
injury to another person and the peace officer has
probable cause to believe that there is danger of further
bodily injury to that person;
(3) persons who the peace officer has probable cause
to believe have committed the offense defined by Section
25.07, Penal Code (violation of Protective Order),
if the offense is not committed in the presence of
the peace officer; [or]
(4) persons who the peace officer has probable cause
to believe have committed an assault resulting in bodily
injury to a member of the person's family or household;
or
(5) a person who makes a statement to the peace
officer that would be admissible against the person
under Article 38.21 and establishes probable cause
to believe that the person has committed a felony.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
only to a statement made to a peace officer on or after
the effective date of this Act. A statement made before
the effective date of this Act is covered by the law
in effect when the statement was made, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1896 passed the Senate
on April 25, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31,
Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1896 passed the House
on May 25, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor