85R10941 KJE-D     By: Cain H.B. No. 1914       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of trespass   by certain persons carrying handguns.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 15.17(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          (g)  If a person charged with an offense punishable as a   misdemeanor appears before a magistrate in compliance with a   citation issued under Section 30.06(f) or 30.07(g), Penal Code, or   under Article 14.06(b) or (c), the magistrate shall perform the   duties imposed by this article in the same manner as if the person   had been arrested and brought before the magistrate by a peace   officer.  After the magistrate performs the duties imposed by this   article, the magistrate except for good cause shown may release the   person on personal bond.  If a person who was issued a citation for a   Class A or B misdemeanor under Article 14.06(c) or for a Class A   misdemeanor under Section 30.06(f) or 30.07(g), Penal Code, fails   to appear as required by that citation, the magistrate before which   the person is required to appear shall issue a warrant for the   arrest of the accused.          SECTION 2.  Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  A peace officer charging a license holder with an   offense under this section, instead of taking the license holder   before a magistrate, shall issue to the license holder a written   citation and notice to appear that contains the time and place the   license holder must appear before a magistrate, the name and   address of the license holder, and the offense charged. If the   license holder makes a written promise to appear before the   magistrate by signing in duplicate the citation and notice to   appear issued by the officer, the officer shall release the license   holder and may not seize a handgun possessed by the license holder   unless the seizure is authorized under other law.          SECTION 3.  Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  A peace officer charging a license holder with an   offense under this section, instead of taking the license holder   before a magistrate, shall issue to the license holder a written   citation and notice to appear that contains the time and place the   license holder must appear before a magistrate, the name and   address of the license holder, and the offense charged. If the   license holder makes a written promise to appear before the   magistrate by signing in duplicate the citation and notice to   appear issued by the officer, the officer shall release the license   holder and may not seize a handgun possessed by the license holder   unless the seizure is authorized under other law.          SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of   this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of   this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.