HBA-NMO S.B. 23 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 23
By: Nelson
Criminal Jurisprudence
3/29/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides that an emergency protection order issued by a
magistrate remains in effect until the 31st day after the order's date of
issuance.  S.B. 23 increases the effective time of an emergency protective
order issued by a magistrate to 61 days after the order's date of issuance.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 17.292(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, to provide
that an order for emergency protection issued under this article
(Magistrate's Order for Emergency Protection) remains in effect until the
61st, rather than the 31st, day after the date of issuance.  

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.